parasite

Nouns

  • (n) an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
  • (n) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage leech, sponger, sponge,

Synonyms

leech sponger sponge

Antonyms

host

Words of close approximity

parasitemia parasite yew