| Main Entry: | apple polisher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yes person |
Synonyms: |
ass-kisser, bootlicker, brownnose, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groveler, lackey, lickspittle, sycophant, toady, truckler, yes man, yes woman |
| Main Entry: | brownnoser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant, toady |
Synonyms: |
apple-polisher, ass-kisser, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnose, doter, fawner, flatterer, flunky, kiss-ass, kowtower, lackey, minion, teacher's pet, yes-man, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | flatterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complimenter |
Synonyms: |
apple polisher, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker, brownnose, cajoler, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, puffer, sweet talker, sycophant, teacher's pet, toady, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | toady |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
Synonyms: |
adulator, apple polisher, ass-kisser, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, doter, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, hanger-on, kiss-up, lackey, minion, teacher's pet, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | yes-person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
Synonyms: |
apple-polisher, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, hanger-on, lackey, minion, puppet, toady |
| Main Entry: | yes man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone following orders without question |
Synonyms: |
apple-polisher, ass-kisser, assenter, bootlicker, brownnose, camp follower, doormat, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groveler, kowtower, lackey, minion, pawn, puppet, sheep, stooge, stooge, sycophant, toady, underling |
| Main Entry: | adulator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
Synonyms: |
apple polisher, brownnose, fawner, flatterer, flunkey, lackey, toady |
| Main Entry: | apple-polisher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
Synonyms: |
adulator, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, flatterer, groveler, toady |
| Concept: | Flatterer. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher., toady, toadeater; sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant; flaneur, proneur; puffer, touter, claqueur; clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work; parasite, hanger-on (servility) [more].
-phrases
pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Tacitus].
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