All mooch synonyms
mooch
M m verb mooch
- cadge β If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- scrounge β to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- borrow β If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
- sponge β 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.
- freeload β to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- amble β When you amble, you walk slowly and in a relaxed manner.
- meander β to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- roam β to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.
- ramble β to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- knock around β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- saunter β to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- walk β to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- drift β a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- range β the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- mosey β to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- steal β to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- rob β to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
- pilfer β steal in small amounts
- swipe β a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
- make away with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- wheedle β to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- sneak β to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
- prowl β to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- lurk β lurking
- stalk β an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- loiter β to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
noun mooch
- scrounger β to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- cadger β a person who cadges
- wander β to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- sponger β a person or thing that sponges.