All sycophant synonyms
syc·o·phant
S s noun sycophant
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- flunkey — flunky.
- leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
- flunky — a male servant in livery.
- minion — a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- cajoler — A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
- fawner — One who fawns; a sycophant.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- ass-kisser — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- chameleon — A chameleon is a kind of lizard whose skin changes colour to match the colour of its surroundings.
- courtier — Courtiers were noblemen and women who spent a lot of time at the court of a king or queen.
- anuran — any of the vertebrates of the order Anura (or Salientia), characterized by absence of a tail and very long hind legs specialized for hopping: class Amphibia (amphibians). The group includes the frogs and toads
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- lapdog — a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- doter — to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
- doormat — a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
- flatterer — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- dependents — Plural form of dependent.
- hanger-on — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- kowtower — One who kowtows; a sycophant.
- footman — a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- groveler — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- assenter — a person who agrees or complies
- backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back