Thesaurus / hanger-on
other words for hanger-on
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He seemed to think that I should be content to become a hanger-on of some fine gentleman.
A NEST OF LINNETSFRANK FRANKFORT MOORE
Then he was only a hanger-on; now he selected his nest and his mate to suit himself; and nobody ever dared to interfere.
FOREST NEIGHBORSWILLIAM DAVENPORT HULBERT
I perceive now that a hanger-on of the market had no right to expect a happier fate than mine has been.'
DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
Surely she might deceive this languid footman by affecting to be some hanger-on of the household, which of course was a large one.
HENRY DUNBARM. E. BRADDON
And the virtue he has in reverence is not a hanger-on at the counters of worldly thrift.
Parasiticam cnam qurit—He seeks the meal of a parasite or hanger-on.
“Yes, I feel that I am only a hanger-on to mother since we reached France,” he confessed.
THE BONDWOMANMARAH ELLIS RYAN
Here he was promptly turned out, and thereupon became a hanger-on of mine and a "Factotum" for me and my friends.
JOHN MARVEL, ASSISTANTTHOMAS NELSON PAGE
I had swaggered, boasted, had taken a challenge for a bout and a quarrel like any hanger-on of a tavern.
THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
It's a good thing to know family secrets, especially for a hanger-on like myself.
THE BLACK BARONET; OR, THE CHRONICLES OF BALLYTRAINWILLIAM CARLETON
WORDS RELATED TO HANGER-ON
- addict
- adherent
- admirer
- advocate
- apostle
- attendant
- backer
- believer
- bootlicker
- buff
- client
- cohort
- companion
- convert
- copycat
- devotee
- disciple
- fan
- fancier
- freak
- habitué
- hanger-on
- helper
- imitator
- lackey
- member
- minion
- parasite
- participant
- partisan
- patron
- promoter
- proselyte
- protégé
- pupil
- representative
- satellite
- sectary
- servant
- sidekick
- stooge
- supporter
- sycophant
- toady
- vassal
- votary
- worshiper
- zealot
- addict
- adherent
- admirer
- advocate
- apostle
- attendant
- backer
- believer
- bootlicker
- buff
- client
- cohort
- companion
- convert
- copycat
- devotee
- disciple
- fan
- fancier
- freak
- habitué
- hanger-on
- helper
- imitator
- lackey
- member
- minion
- parasite
- participant
- partisan
- patron
- promoter
- proselyte
- protégé
- pupil
- representative
- satellite
- sectary
- servant
- sidekick
- stooge
- supporter
- sycophant
- toady
- vassal
- votary
- worshiper
- zealot
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.