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sponger

US/ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/

sponger noun: one who uses a sponge.

Noun

sponger (plural spongers)

  1. One who uses a sponge.
  2. A parasitic hanger-on.
    Synonyms:
    moocher
  3. A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.
  4. A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.

sponger meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

sponger in Tamil

அண்டி வாழ்நர், வீடுதூங்கி

sponger in Urdu

مفت خور, طفیلی, طفیلیا

sponger in Malayalam

hanger on, parasite, leech
പറ്റിച്ചു തിന്നു ജീവിക്കുന്നവൻ, ഇരുന്നുണ്ണി, മറ്റള്ളവരെ ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നവൻ, അന്യ ചെലവിൽ തിന്നുകുടിച്ചു നടക്കുന്നവൻ, പരാന്നഭോജി, പരക്കഴി

Synonyms of sponger

Forms of sponger

pluralspongers

Origin of sponger

From sponge + -er.

Questions about sponger

What does sponger mean?
Sponger means one who uses a sponge.
What is sponger in Tamil?
Sponger in Tamil is அண்டி வாழ்நர், வீடுதூங்கி. See Sponger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sponger?
Sponger is a noun.
How do you pronounce sponger?
Sponger is pronounced /ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of sponger?
The plural of sponger is spongers.

Words near sponger in the dictionary

  1. spongelet
  2. spongelets
  3. spongelike
  4. spongeocoel
  5. spongeous
  6. sponger
  7. spongers
  8. sponges
  9. sponges down
  10. sponges out
  11. sponges up

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sponger (page history and authors); sponger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponger (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponger (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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