A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose" and threatening to "wipe the floor with him."
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Brownnose
Synonyms for "brownnose" (64 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
Verb(13 words)
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Related terms
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 22 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- götə girmək verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- götəgirənlik etmək verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- sabunluq eləmək verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Burmese
3 entries- ဖား noun (one who brownnoses)
- ဖော်လံဖား noun (one who brownnoses)
- ဘောမ noun (one who brownnoses)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 擦鞋仔 noun (one who brownnoses)
- 托大腳 /托大脚 verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- 擦鞋 verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巴兒狗 /巴儿狗 noun (one who brownnoses)
- 馬屁精 /马屁精 noun (one who brownnoses)
- 拍馬 /拍马 verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- 拍馬屁 /拍马屁 verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Czech
2 entries- vlezdoprdelista noun (one who brownnoses)
- vlezdoprdelka noun (one who brownnoses)
Dutch
1 entries- kontkusser noun (one who brownnoses)
Finnish
2 entries- ruskeakielinen noun (one who brownnoses)
- mielistellä verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
French
4 entries- cire-pompes noun (one who brownnoses)
- cireur de pompes noun (one who brownnoses)
- lèche-bottes noun (one who brownnoses)
- lèche-cul noun (one who brownnoses)
German
4 entries- Arschkriecher noun (one who brownnoses)
- Schleimer noun (one who brownnoses)
- Speichellecker noun (one who brownnoses)
- arschkriechen verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Greek
2 entries- κωλογλείφτης noun (one who brownnoses)
- σφουγγοκωλάριος noun (one who brownnoses)
Hungarian
2 entries- seggnyaló noun (one who brownnoses)
- nyal verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Indonesian
2 entries- penjilat noun (one who brownnoses)
- peres verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Italian
4 entries- leccaculo noun (one who brownnoses)
- leccapiedi noun (one who brownnoses)
- fare il ruffiano verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- leccare i piedi verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴマすり noun (one who brownnoses)
Korean
1 entries- 빨다 verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Norwegian
3 entries- pisse oppetter ryggen verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- sleike oppetter ryggen verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- smiske verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Polish
3 entries- wdupowłaz noun (one who brownnoses)
- lizać dupę verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
- włazić w dupę verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- lambe-botas noun (one who brownnoses)
- puxa-saco noun (one who brownnoses)
Romanian
2 entries- lingău noun (one who brownnoses)
- pupincurist noun (one who brownnoses)
Russian
4 entries- жополи́з noun (one who brownnoses)
- лизоблю́д noun (one who brownnoses)
- подхали́м noun (one who brownnoses)
- лиза́ть за́дницу verb (to flatter in obsequious manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dupelizac noun (one who brownnoses)
- uvlakač noun (one who brownnoses)
Spanish
4 entries- adulador noun (one who brownnoses)
- adulón noun (one who brownnoses)
- arrastrado noun (one who brownnoses)
- chupamedias noun (one who brownnoses)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.'
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You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me.
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