Sponge synonyms

sponge off

*To use another's money

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jelly (related)

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wipe

To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.

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wet

To cover or impregnate with liquid.

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scrounge

To manage to get or find by hunting around

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drugs (related)

Plural form of drug

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vaseline (related)

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bucket (related)

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sponges (related)

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talcum-powder (related)

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washcloth (related)

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tub (related)

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loofah (related)

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hanger-on

A person who spends time in the company of another person or of a group out of admiration or for personal gain.

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mooch

To get or try to get something free of charge; sponge:

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clean (related)

(Informal) Entirely; wholly:

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mop (related)

To use a mop to wash or dry surfaces:

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borrow (related)

To borrow something.

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bloodsucker

A person who is intrusively or overly dependent upon another; a parasite.

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leech

Any of a subclass (Hirudinea) of mostly flattened, annelid worms living in water or wet earth and having a well-developed sucker at each end: most are bloodsuckers, and one species (Hirudo medicinalis) has been used in medicine, esp. in former times, to bleed patients

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parasite

(Biol.) A plant or animal that lives on or in an organism of another species from which it derives sustenance or protection without benefit to, and usually with harmful effects on, the host

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freeloader

(Informal) A person who habitually imposes on others for free food, lodging, etc.; sponger

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drunk

A drunkard.

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inebriate

A drunken person, esp. a drunkard

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sot

(Archaic) stupid person; fool

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tippler

A seller of alcoholic liquors.

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boozehound

One who drinks alcoholic beverages habitually and excessively.

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boozer

(Colloquial) One who drinks habitually; a drunkard.

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lush

(Slang, former) Alcoholic liquor

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rummy

(Uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

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soak

The act or process of soaking:

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souse

Something kept or steeped in pickle; especially, the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

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stiff

A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

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freeload

To take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others.

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dependence (related)

An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

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poriferan

(Biology) Any sponge of the phylum Porifera.

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parazoan

Any of the subkingdom (Parazoa) of animals, consisting only of the phylum of sponges, having two tissue layers only and lacking a nervous system and true digestive cavity

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sponger

(Informal) A person who, though able to work, depends on others for food, money, etc.

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quick-study

1888, Frances Aymar Mathews, His Way and Her Will, p81

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bum

To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.

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cadge

(US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince someone to do something they might not normally do.