Thesaurus:sycophant
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: person who praises to gain self-serving favor from another
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- adulator
- apple polisher
- arse-kisser (vulgar)
- arse-licker (vulgar)
- ass-kisser (vulgar)
- ass-licker (vulgar)
- bootlicker (vulgar)
- buttkisser (vulgar)
- buttlicker (vulgar)
- brown noser
- clawback (obsolete)
- dickrider (vulgar)
- doormat
- flatterer
- flunkey
- groveler (US)
- groveller (UK)
- hanger-on
- kiss-ass
- lackey
- lickspittle
- lick-platter (obsolete)
- lickpot (obsolete)
- minion
- people pleaser
- pickthank
- schmoozer
- simp (online slang)
- suck up [⇒ thesaurus]
- sycophant
- throne sniffer
- toadeater
- toady
- white knight
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- courtier
- shill
- heeler (US, dated)
- teacher's pet
- tufthunter (UK, archaic)
- yes man
Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:flattery
- Thesaurus:loyal follower
- Thesaurus:obedient
- Thesaurus:sycophantic
- Thesaurus:suck up
- Thesaurus:jerk
Further reading
[edit]- “935. flatterer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “886. servility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “sycophant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.