The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEECH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Freeloader crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEECH | 34 % | 5 |
| SPONGE | 20 % | 6 |
| MOOCHER | 11 % | 7 |
| MOOCH | 11 % | 5 |
| SPONGER | 9 % | 7 |
| DEADBEAT | 6 % | 8 |
| BUM | 3 % | 3 |
| PARASITE | 3 % | 8 |
| DEADHEAD | 3 % | 8 |
Why may LEECH be the right solution?
A leech is a type of worm that attaches itself to a host and feeds off of it, without providing any benefit in return. This behavior is similar to that of a freeloader, who takes advantage of others without contributing anything in return. Therefore, "Leech" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Freeloader".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Freeloader
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sponger
- sorner
- leech
- sponge
- free rider
- mooch
- moocher
- parasite
- freewheeler
- freer
- deadhead
- skulker
Crossword Answer definitions
LEECH noun- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
- To drain (resources) without giving back.
- A physician.
- (Heathenry) A healer.
- To treat, cure or heal.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LEECH
- Bloodletter's critter
- Hanger-on
- Sponge
- Big sucker
- Bloodsucker
- Sucker
- Moocher
- Annelid useful to ancient doctors
- Annelid used in hirudotherapy
- Sucker at the lake
More clues leading to the result SPONGE
- Loofah, e.g.
- Holey water container?
- Mooch
- Kind of bath
- Absorbent wiper
- Moocher
- Spill sopper
- Type of bath or cake
- Freeloader
- Absorbent cleaner
More clues leading to the result MOOCHER
More clues leading to the result MOOCH
- Sponge
- Parasite
- Panhandle
- "Borrow" permanently
- Be a sponge
- Freeload
- Look for a handout
- Sponge (off of)
- Behave like Cab Calloway's "red hot hoochie coocher"?
- Schnorrer
More clues leading to the result SPONGER
More clues leading to the result DEADBEAT
- One who doesn't pay debts
- Exhausted.
- All tired out: Colloq.
- Exhausted: Slang.
- Tired out: Slang.
- Down-and-outer.
- Sponge.
- Sponger
- Poor credit risk
- One who ignores bills
More clues leading to the result BUM
- Like some deals
- Like some raps
- Vagrant
- Cadge
- "Borrow," as a cigarette
- Alley denizen
- Borrow (forver)
- Schlub
- Enthusiast
- Derriere
More clues leading to the result PARASITE
- Host's annoyance
- Opposite of a host
- Leech
- Moocher
- Mooch
- One who takes something and gives nothing
- Hanger-on
- User
- Flea, to a dog
- Host's counterpart in a symbiotic relationship