moocher

Questions about moocher

What does moocher mean?

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

How many syllables are in moocher?

moocher has 2 syllables and divides as moo-cher 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 moocher?

Close synonyms include mooch, cadger, 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 moocher a common word?

moocher 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.