| Main Entry: | beneficiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gains, benefits |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor |
| Notes: | a benefactor is someone who provides a gift; a beneficiary is someone who receives benefits or favors |
Antonyms: |
giver, payer |
| Main Entry: | obsequious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | groveling, submissive |
Synonyms: |
abject, beggarly, brownnosing, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, kowtowing, menial, obeisant, oily, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, sneaking, sniveling, spineless, stipendiary, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, assertive, brazen, confident, presumptuous |