All leech synonyms
leech
L l noun leech
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- bum — Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- freeloader — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- tick — a score or account.
- mosquito — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- vampire — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
verb leech
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- freeload — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.