Sponge Synonyms

spŭnj
One who depends on another for support without reciprocating
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. leech
  2. parasite
  3. bloodsucker
  4. hanger-on
  5. freeloader
  6. sponger
Clean
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wipe
  2. wet
  3. mooch
  4. bum
  5. wash
  6. cadge
  7. grub
A person who is habitually drunk
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drunk
  2. drunkard
  3. inebriate
  4. sot
  5. tippler
  6. boozehound
  7. boozer
  8. lush
  9. rummy
  10. soak
  11. souse
  12. stiff
*To use another's money
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. leech
  2. freeload
  3. sponge off
  4. scrounge
  5. mooch
  6. bum
Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. quick-study
Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. poriferan
  2. parazoan

Words Related to Sponge

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sponge Sentence Examples

  • The fishing and sponge industries are important.

  • Cliona, the boring sponge, destroys the shells and so injures the oyster; the boring annelid Leucodore also excavates the shell.

  • The sponge fisheries are of considerable importance.

  • The (approximately pure) metallic sponge obtained is washed, made compact by compression, fused in a porcelain crucible in an atmosphere of hydrogen, and cast into sticks.

  • The waters of the Bahamas swarm with fish; the turtle procured here is particularly fine, and the sponge fishery is of importance.

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