parasites

nounsomething that exists by taking from or depending on another

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Synonyms for parasites

noun something that exists by taking from or depending on another

Antonyms for parasites

blessing

Word Origin & History

1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos "one who lives at another's expense, person who eats at the table of another," from noun use of an adjective meaning "feeding beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + sitos "food," of unknown origin. Scientific meaning "animal or plant that lives on others" is first recorded 1640s (implied in parasitical).

Example Sentences for parasites

The women eliminate the baker, the soap boiler, and a lot of other parasites.

Parasites derive their nourishment from living plants and animals.

Each man can wear his own parasites, but it's a task for him to stand another man's.

You are like Timon of Athens, and I'm like one of his parasites.

Man, and all other animals on Earth, are parasites of the plant world.

One of these, hollow and old, had upon its top a crowd of parasites.

An irritation suggests parasites, and parasites suggest an irritation.

The resources of the duchy were racked to support these parasites.

It is to kill the parasites on the sheep and cure any diseases of the eyes.

He was puzzled by the case of parasites, especially in putrefying matter.

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