freeloader n : someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

English

Noun

1. One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.

Translations

• Finnish: siipeilijä, siivellä eläjä, vapaamatkustaja
• German: der Schmarotzer, der Trittbrettfahrer

See also

• bludger

Freeloader may refer to:

• Freeloading (stealing), taking over someone else's work without permission
• Freeloaders (band), an electronic music act
• Freeloader (game), a board game created by Cheapass Games
• Freeloader (software), a GNOME download manager that supports torrents
• Freeloader, a song by Beatnik Turtle on their CD, The Cheapass Album
• FreeLoader, a boot manager in ReactOS
• FreeLoader, a boot manager, made by Datel for the Nintendo GameCube and Wii that allows games from different regions to be played

• Free rider problem, an economics situation in which actors consume more than their fair share of a resource

References

barnacle, beat, beggar, bloodsucker, bummer, cadger, caller, company, coupon clippers, deadbeat, deadhead, drone, free rider, frequenter, gate-crasher, guest, habitue, hanger-on, idle rich, leech, leisure class, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, moocher, nonworker, panhandler, paper, paper house, parasite, pass holder, rentiers, smell-feast, spiv, sponge, sponger, sucker, the unemployable, the unemployed, uninvited guest, visitant, visitor, well