parasite
Meaning of parasite
noun
- A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
- A sycophant or hanger-on.
- An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites.
- A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc.
- A retainer or companion of an ancient Celtic warrior, who praised him in song or poetry at gatherings; a bard.
Information about parasite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of parasite is: parasites.
- Languages in which parasite is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of parasite
par-a-site
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- parasite is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
parasite synonyms
Meaning leech:
parasite antonyms
Meaning :
commensal, mutualist, symbiote
Translation of parasite
- German: Parasit, Schmarotzer
- French: parasite
- Italian: parassita
- Portuguese: parasita
- Spanish: parásito, vampiro
Anagrams of parasite
Words that rhyme with parasite
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