Moocher vs Freeloader - What's the difference?
moocher | freeloader | Synonyms |
A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative.
* 2012 , The Economist, September 22nd,
One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share, usually athletic.
(UK, NZ, Canada, Scotland) An individual who gets merchandise from the back of supermarket premises that is past its sell-by date.
Freeloader is a synonym of moocher.
As nouns the difference between moocher and freeloader
is that moocher is a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative while freeloader is one who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share, usually athletic.moocher
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(en noun)CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved
- When says that 47% of Americans are moochers , or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.