cadger

Questions about cadger

What does cadger mean?

cadger means "someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)".

How many syllables are in cadger?

cadger has 2 syllables and divides as cad-ger under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cadger?

Close synonyms include moocher, mooch, scrounger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cadger a common word?

cadger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.