Reverse Dictionary: PARASITE

ADJECTIVES
► GNATHONIC flattering, deceitful, sycophantic, parasitical → 1637
► PARASITIC of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying → 1627
► PARASITICAL of the nature of a parasite, sycophantic, toadying, sponging  → 1577-87
► SMELL-FEAST sponging, parasitic → 1566

NOUNS
► PARASITOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of parasites → 1991 (Bk.)
► TOADYISM the behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility → 1840

NOUNS – PERSON
► BELLY-FRIEND one who pretends friendship for his own interest; an insincere friend; a parasite, a sponger → ?1589 obs.
► BLUDGER a parasitical person → 1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
► BOT a person viewed as a parasite or pest → 1513 obs.
► BY-HANGER a hanger-on; a parasite → a1626 obs.
► CAKE-FIDDLER a parasite → 1513 obs.
► CAKE-FUMBLER a parasite → 1553 obs.
► CLAWBACK a flatterer, sycophant, toady, parasite, wheedler; one who strokes the back → 1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EARWIG an ear whisperer, a flatterer, a parasite → 1633 obs.
► EASEMAN a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women → 1934 African-American sl.
► EASTMAN a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women → 1911 African-American sl.
► EASY RIDER a parasitical man, usually without a steady job, who lives by gambling or sponging; a man who is supported by a woman, a esp. a prostitute → 1914 African-American sl.
► EAT-MEAT an idler, a parasite → 1875 Sc.
► FAFFNECUTE ► FEFFICUTE ► FEFFMECUTE ► FEFFNECUTE ► FEFNICUTE ► THEFNICUTE a hypocrite; a mean, sneaking fellow; a parasite, a hanger-on → 1864 Eng. dial.
► FART-SUCKER a vile parasite. a toady, a sycophant → a1890 Amer. sl.
► FAWNGUEST a fawning parasite, a sycophant, a toady → 1592 obs.
► FLY a parasite, a servile flatterer → a1643 obs.
► KATTERZEM ‘a man willing to go out dining at a moment’s notice’; a parasite, a hanger-on → 1909 Sc.
► LEANER a freeloader → 1960s Amer. sl.
► LED-CAPTAIN a hanger-on, a dependant, a parasite → 1672
► LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person → 1796
► LICK-TRENCHER a glutton; a parasite → 1787
► MACKEREL a hanger-on, a parasite → 2000s sl.
► MOTH a person who lives at the expense of another; a parasite → a1387 obs.
► PAN-LICKER a parasite → 1641 obs.
► PAPELARD a flattering parasite; a hypocrite; a sycophant → 1340 obs.
► PARASITASTER a mean or sorry parasite → 1606 obs.
► PLUME-STRIKER a parasite or flatterer → 1658 obs.
► QUILLER a toady, a parasite; a person who sucks neatly through a quill → 19C sl.
► SCAFFER a parasite, a sponger; an extortioner → 1500 Sc. obs.
► SCAMBLER ► SCAMLER one who intrudes on the table or generosity of another; a parasite, a sponger; a meal-time visitor → 1500 Sc.
► SCART-THE-BOWL one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person → 1861 Sc.
► SCART-THE-COGUE one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person → 1736 Sc.
► SCART-THE-PAT one who tries to get the last morsel or the utmost profit from anything; a gluttonous, parasitical or niggardly person → 1917 Sc.
► SCHLEPPER ► SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite → 1949 sl., chiefly US
► SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHARK a worthless and impecunious person who gains a precarious living by sponging on others, by executing disreputable commissions, cheating at play, and petty swindling; a parasite, a sharper → 1600 obs.
► SHERK ► SHIRK a sponger, a parasite → M17 sl.
► SKEMLER a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others → 1721 Sc. obs.
► SLAPSAUCE a parasite, toady, hanger-on → 19C obs.
► SMELL-FEAST a person who scents out where feasting is to be had; one who comes uninvited to share in a feast; a parasite; a greedy sponger → 1519 arch.
► SPINEBASHER a loafer or parasite → 1946 Aust. sl.
► SUCKER one who lives at the expense of another; one who draws profit or extorts subsistence from some source; a sponger a parasite → 1500-20
► SUCK-FYST a parasite → 1904 sl. ​ (Bk.)
► TAG-HEELS a tagalong; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TAG-TAIL a tagalong; a servile flatterer; one who curries favour; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind → 1834 
► TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another → 1659
► TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another → 1738
► TAPEWORM a parasite; a slow or stealthy person or thing → 1824
► TOAD-EATER a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady → 1742
► TOADER a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady → 1842
► TOADY a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant → 1826
► URGER any parasite or loafer who incurs no risk himself; a sponger, an idler → 1952 Aust. sl.
► WAITER AT THE TABLE a parasite → 1552 obs.
► ZANY an attendant, follower, companion, or assistant; almost always contemptuous; sometimes, a hanger-on, a parasite. a servile flatterer → 1601 arch.

VERBS
► LOUSE AROUND to play the parasite → 1917 Amer. dial.
► PARASITE to act the parasite or sycophant, to toady → 1609
► SUPPARASITE to flatter, to cajole; to act the parasite → 1623 obs.