noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
2. 2
   a person who uses flattery wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

apple polisherass-lickerbackslapperbootlickbrownnosecourtier

Example

More examples

"She's a real adulator, but her praises are empty."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlātor.

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