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Synonyms of bummer

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Another word for bummer is bloodsucker. Other synonyms of bummer are bludger, freeloader, free rider, gadfly and leech.

Synonyms and similar words for bummer

nounAn idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

  • bloodsucker
  • bludger Australia, slangA person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.
  • freeloaderOne who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
  • free riderSomeone who obtains goods or services legally without paying.
  • gadfly slangA person who takes without giving back; a bloodsucker.
  • leech
  • moochOne who mooches; a moocher.
  • moocher
  • parasiteA person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
  • scrounge
  • scroungerOne who scrounges.
  • scunge slangA scrounger; one who habitually borrows.
  • spongeA person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts...
  • sponger
  • suckerA parasite; a sponger.
  • smell-feast archaicOne who is apt to find and frequent places where good food is available; especially one who comes uninvited to a meal...
  • trencher mate archaic

Meaning of bummer

  1. noun A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  2. noun An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  3. noun A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.

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Questions about synonyms of bummer

What is another word for bummer?
Bummer has 17 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bloodsucker, bludger, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch and moocher.
What does bummer mean?
Bummer means a forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.

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