| Main Entry: | hanger-on |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who attends the powerful for status or benefit |
Synonyms: |
dependent, flunky, follower, freeloader, lackey, leech, nuisance, parasite, sponger, sycophant, truckler |
| Main Entry: | adherent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter or follower |
Synonyms: |
advocate, aficionado, backer, believer, card-carrying member, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | groupie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devoted fan |
Synonyms: |
admirer, buff, devotee, follower, hanger-on, supporter |
| Main Entry: | henchman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follower |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, assistant, attendant, backer, backup*, bodyguard, coadjutant, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, friend, gal Friday, girl Friday, gofer, hanger-on, hatchet man/woman, help, helper, helpmate, lackey, man Friday, partner, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, sidekick*, stooge, subordinate, supporter, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of lesser rank, importance |
Synonyms: |
adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling |
Antonyms: |
superior |
| Main Entry: | minion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
Synonyms: |
backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, dependent, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, follower, groupie, hanger-on, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge, subordinate, toady, yes-man/woman, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker |
Antonyms: |
blessing |
| Main Entry: | sponge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moocher |
Synonyms: |
bum*, cadger, deadbeat, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, panhandler, parasite, scrounger |
| Main Entry: | sycophant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who caters to another |
Synonyms: |
adulator, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, lackey, minion, parasite, politician, puppet, slave |