hanger-on

1. 1.

   someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along

   Synonymstagalong

   Broaderfollower

Questions about hanger-on

What does hanger-on mean?

hanger-on means "someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along".

How many syllables are in hanger-on?

hanger-on has 3 syllables: han-ge-r-on. The stress falls on "han".

What is another word for hanger-on?

Close synonyms include tagalong. 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 hanger-on a common word?

hanger-on 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.