| Main Entry: | brownnoser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant, toady |
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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: | favorite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone cherished, prized |
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apple of eye, beloved, chalk, choice, darling, dear, fave, front-runner, ideal, idol, love, main, minion, number one, paramour, pet*, pick, preference, shoo-in, teacher's pet |
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hate, peeve |
| Main Entry: | flatterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complimenter |
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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: | lap dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small pet dog |
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instrument, minion, puppet, small dog, teacher's pet |
| Main Entry: | mama's boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mother's boy |
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Milquetoast, baby, big baby, crybaby, gutless wonder, lightweight, mollycoddle, mother's darling, namby-pamby, pansy, sissy, softy, teacher's pet |
| Main Entry: | shoo-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorite |
Synonyms: |
apple of eye, beloved, certainty, chalk, choice, darling, dear, fave, front-runner, ideal, idol, love, main, minion, number one, paramour, pet*, pick, preference, teacher's pet |
| Concept: | Favorite. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gaté; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata. love, dear, darling, duck, honey, jewel; mopsey, mopper; sweetheart (love)., general favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people.
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| 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].
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pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Tacitus].
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