Synonyms of the word

bloodsucker

• n. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
• n. By extension, any parasite.
• n. By extension, one who attempts to take as much from others as possible.
• n. A vampire.

annelid

• n. any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm…
• adj. of, or relating to these creatures.

leech

• n. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
• n. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
• n. (medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
• v. (transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
• v. (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.
• n. (archaic) A physician.
• n. (paganism, Heathenry) A healer.
• v. (archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal.
• n. (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
• n. (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.