Thesaurus results for FREELOAD

freeload

verb

ˈfrē-ˌlōd

as in to beg

to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility after college, he freeloaded off his parents for several years before finally moving out

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Recent Examples of freeload Companies cannot be allowed to build market share by freeloading off the investments of others. —

Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 And, more broadly, that work requirements incentivize people to work and prevent able-bodied, working-age people from freeloading off of hard-working Americans. —

Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 June 2025 After less than 24 hours on the ground in the Netherlands, Trump headed back to Washington having secured a major policy change he's pushed for since 2017: a significant boost in defense spending by other NATO countries that the president has for years accused of freeloading off the United States. —

Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025 And again summer approaches and one must sift through all those spoiling invitations that inevitably come rolling in when one is an indolent (and impoverished) European aristocrat — who needs to freeload off the rich and hardworking. —

James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for freeload

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beg

Verb

Adonis yells as Gillis begs him to pull over.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 May 2026
Beyond a few days with warmer temperatures, the real sign that spring has arrived is when my nose starts to run, my throat begins to itch, and my eyes are begging for eye drops every morning.

— Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2026