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Word "PARASITE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Synonyms:
leech, sponge, sponger

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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

Crossword Clues for PARASITE

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A dependant coming from the pit areas (8)
A priest a sycophant converted (8)
Hanger-on in wild American parties (8)
Spare it for a hanger-on?
Traipse off holding a leech (8)
South Korea's 2020 Best Picture Oscar winner (8)
Person who lives off others
A hanger-on found at a tea in Paris (8)
Priest with AA could be a leech The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2024
Scrounger The Sun Two Speed 07 Jan 2024
Creature that lives upon another (8) Puzzler 25 Dec 2023
Best Picture winner set in Seoul
Hanger on
Is repast cooked up for a hanger-on? (8)
First non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (8)
Leech The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2023
2019 Oscar-winning South Korean thriller that's one of the highest-grossing independent movies
Soldier has location for drone? The Guardian Quiptic 14 Aug 2023
Standard place in which you'll find a freeloader The Times Cryptic 05 Jul 2023
Sponger in airborne unit's barracks, perhaps? The Times Cryptic 15 May 2023
Organism that lives off another New York Times 15 May 2023
Maybe tick answer in usual spot The Telegraph Cryptic 11 May 2023
To some extent rising cadet is a rapacious sponger The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Mar 2023
Flea or tapeworm, or a Bong Joon-ho movie USA Today 21 Mar 2023
Wild parties gatecrashed by a freeloader The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Sep 2022
Organism that lives in or on another Irish Times Simplex 01 Apr 2022
South Korean film, Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards The Guardian Quick 29 Jan 2022
Bong Joon-ho film about a family that insinuates itself into a wealthy household USA Today 06 Jan 2022
Airborne troop starts to intercept the enemy drone
Standard place to keep a sponge
Standard location in which you'll find a freeloader The Telegraph Toughie 08 Jun 2021
'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' [2019] New York Times 13 May 2021
Sounds like somewhere one could find jumpy characters - one living off the other Irish Times Crosaire 10 May 2021
2019 film that won Best Picture Universal 24 Mar 2021
Sponger The Telegraph Quick 18 Feb 2021
Scrounger's location beyond usual area
Level an area for building? It depends
Military location hosted individual
Something harmful can emerge from feldspar — as it evaporates
2019 film with a 'metaphorical' rock USA Today 17 Aug 2020
Hanger-on where jumping soldiers seen? The Sun Two Speed 16 Aug 2020
Sponger The Sun Two Speed 16 Aug 2020
Palme d'Or winner for Bong Joon-ho USA Today 03 Aug 2020
South Korean dark comedy thriller which won an award for the Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards
First class seat in dock for passenger
Beneath airborne soldier, spot a drone?
Bug a pirate's mobile? The Telegraph Toughie 08 Apr 2020
A fluke perhaps in HQ of the Red Devils? The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Oct 2019
Leech (informal) The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2019
Pirate as poor becomes sponger The Sun Two Speed 11 Oct 2019
Organism living off another The Times Concise 26 Jul 2019
Mean a lot being one who thrives on (or off) another The Telegraph Toughie 19 Jun 2019
Possibly tick answer in usual spot The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Feb 2019
Hanger-on in airborne soldiers' base? The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2018
Organism that lives in or on another Irish Times Simplex 29 Aug 2018
Drone in place of airborne soldiers?
U-turn from host Universal 06 Aug 2018
Flea, to a dog USA Today 03 Aug 2018
It's standard having a lot put on tick? The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jun 2018
Hanger-on in airborne soldiers' base?
Creature that feeds off its host, as a tapeworm
Average place to host a tapeworm, say?
Sponge Thomas Joseph 15 Feb 2018
Flea, to a dog
U-turn from host
Hanger-on, where jumping soldiers found?
Crown circling prince I'll follow as hanger-on
One hanging on where falling soldier might be found The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Oct 2017
Sounds like small army barracks has a reputation for exploiting people Irish Times Crosaire 25 Aug 2017
Short piece of writing with plot gets a tick?
Something that lives off of other things, such as a leech or a tapeworm
Parties disrupted when gatecrashed by a hanger-on
Sounds like the barracks has a reputation for exploiting people Irish Times Crosaire 16 Mar 2017
Drunken parties around area creating problem for host The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Mar 2017
Ruination of parties, a hanger-on can be
Freeloader taking seat in procession, duke having departed
Special tea is after standard sponge The Times Cryptic 28 Dec 2016
Recruitment space online for soldiers has a reputation for exploiting others Irish Times Crosaire 30 Sep 2016
Around area a priest gathered mistletoe for one
Pit areas disbanded by hanger-on Irish Times Crosaire 01 Sep 2016
Sycophant disguised as pirate The Telegraph Toughie 28 Jun 2016
Leech The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2016
Organism that lives on another The Guardian Quick 30 Jan 2016
Disguised pirate as leech The Sun Two Speed 28 Dec 2015
Artist in Dad's place is a freeloader
Flea, perhaps -- where might you find one trained to jump? The Telegraph Toughie 13 Oct 2015
Host's bane Eugene Sheffer 10 Oct 2015
Flea, to a dog Newsday 04 Oct 2015
Moocher Eugene Sheffer 14 Jul 2015
Soldiers' landing-place that needs a host The Times Cryptic 25 Jun 2015
Jumper's place for louse, say The Telegraph Toughie 28 Jan 2015
Hanger-on The Telegraph Quick 17 Jan 2015
Host's annoyance
Mooch
Flea, to a dog
Soldier's plot to be a freeloader
Hanger-on in airborne soldier's base?
When it penetrates skin it sucks blood
One who takes something and gives nothing
Dog flea, e.g.
Host's counterpart
What a host holds
Leech or tapeworm, e.g.
Mooch
Moocher
Tick or flea, e.g.
Opposite of a host
User
Tick or flea, e.g.
Host's counterpart in a symbiotic relationship
Leech
Hanger-on
Mooch
Hanger-on
Aphid or flea
Sycophant
Toady
Freeloader
Sponger
Leech.
Orchid, for example.
Hanger-on.
The mistletoe, for instance.
Sycophant.
Mistletoe is one.
Flea.
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