This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. One that gathers sponges.

n. Informal A person who sponges on others; a parasite.

n. One who uses a sponge.

n. A parasitic hanger-on.

n. One employed in gathering sponges from the sea.

n. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.

n. One employed in gathering sponges.

n. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.

n. One who uses a sponge.

n. A person or vessel engaged in fishing for sponges.

n. In cloth-manuf., a machine in which cloth is dampened previous to ironing. It has a perforated adjustable cylinder, which is filled with steam, and about which the cloth is rolled.

n. A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on for maintenance; a sponge.

n. a workman employed to collect sponges

n. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

"Cowell then explained the meaning of the word sponger for American audiences as 'that means somebody who makes their money from sponging off other people.'"

entertainer    benefactor   

working person    workingman    workman    follower   

hanger-on    sponge    bloodsucker    sucker    deadbeat    deadhead    beat    smell-feast    trencher friend    sorner   

lick-spittle    con-man    youshould    heeler    moocher    man-eater    rotter    slave-merchant    seed-pods    clargy