Sycophant

/ˈsɪkəfænt/

Synonyms for "sycophant" (137 found)

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Noun(15 words)

toady ass-kisser bootlicker flatterer lackey adulation adulatorapple polisherarse-kisser arse-licker ass-licker backslappers bootlickbrown noserbrownnose

adherent adulator apple-polisher ass-licker backscratcher backslapper blarneyer bootlick bootlicker bootlickingbrown nosebrown-nose brownie

Strong matches (41)

Noun(16 words)

buttkisser buttlicker clawback crawler dickrider doormat fawner flatterers flattery flunkey groveler grovelers groveller grovellers gunner hanger

cajoler clawback courtier cowering creature cringer cringing disciple dummy dupefaithful servantfawner fawning figurehead flatterer flunky follower footlicker gillie goon

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gopher groveler groveling handshakerhanger on

Related words (68)

hanger-on helot henchman inferior instrument jackal kowtower kowtowing lackeyled captainlickspit lickspittle man mealymouth menial minion myrmidon parasitic peon puppet

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reptile satellite self-seeker serf slave snob spaniel stooge suck thug timeserver toad toadeater toady toadying toadyish tool truckler truckling tufthunter votary wheedleryes manyes-man

Noun(23 words)

hanger-on informant kiss-asslap doglick-platter lickpot lickspittle minionobsequious flattererpanderer pandererspeople pleaserpickthank schmoozer simp simpering slaveysuck upthrone sniffertoadeater

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truckleswhite knightyes-man

Verb(1 words)

panders

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

adulator behaviorbehavioral traitflatterer personsocial conductsocial role

More specific

8 entries

adulatory conductapologist apple-polisher bootlickerfawning behaviorlickspittle praise-seeker toady

Collocations

6 entries

corporate sycophantculture of sycophancyoffice sycophantpolitical sycophantsycophantic praiseyes-man

Inflections

1 entries

sycophants

Derivations

2 entries

sycophancy sycophantic

Sample sentences

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He was a sycophant, always trying to ingratiate himself with the wealthy.

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You're a sycophant.

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A sycophant will everything admire: / Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire

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VVhile a mean Crovvd of Sycophants attend, / And favvn and flatter, creep and cringe and bend; / The Fav'rite bleſſes his ſuperior State, / Riſes o'er all, and hails Himſelf the Great.

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