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| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | toady |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
| Synonyms: | apple-polish, be servile, bootlick*, brownnose*, butter up*, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow*, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil*, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, truckle, woo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brownnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suck up to |
| Synonyms: | apple-polish, back-scratch, bootlick, curry favor, fawn on, flatter, get on the right side of, kiss ass, scratch one's back, suck up to, toady |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
| Synonyms: | bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince, apple-polish, blench |
| Antonyms: | come out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
| Synonyms: | abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose*, buddy up, butter up*, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor*, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow*, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil*, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady*, truckle*, woo*, yield |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, freak*, habitué, hanger-on*, helper, imitator, lackey*, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, servant, sidekick, stooge*, supporter, sycophant, toady*, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot, bootlicker, fancier, sectary |
| Antonyms: | leader |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lackey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | servant |
| Synonyms: | attendant, butler, domestic, drudge, factotum, retainer, steward, subordinate, toady, underling, valet, yes-person, doormat, flunkey |
| Main Entry: | minion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
| Synonyms: | brownnoser*, dependent, fan, flatterer, flunky*, follower, groupie, hanger-on*, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge*, subordinate, toady, yes-person, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, doormat, fawner, yes-man/woman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
| Synonyms: | apple-polish, be servile, bootlick*, brownnose*, butter up*, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow*, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil*, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, toady, woo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yes-person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
| Synonyms: | brownnoser*, fan, flatterer, flunky*, groupie*, hanger-on*, lackey, minion, puppet, toady, apple-polisher, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, doormat, fawner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apple polisher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yes person |
| Synonyms: | brownnose, flatterer, flunky, lackey, sycophant, toady, yes man, ass-kisser, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, lickspittle, truckler, yes woman |
| Main Entry: | yes man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone following orders without question |
| Synonyms: | brownnose, camp follower, flatterer, flunky, lackey, minion, pawn, puppet, stooge, stooge, sycophant, toady, underling, apple-polisher, ass-kisser, assenter, bootlicker, doormat, fawner, groveler, kowtower, sheep |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
| Synonyms: | adulate, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, charm, con, court, fawn*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, massage, oil*, praise, salve, sell, snow*, soften*, stroke, toady*, wheedle, beslaver, cater to, get next to, lay it on thick, overpraise, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | brownnose*, cringe, fawn, grovel, toady, truckle, abase oneself, apple-polish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entourage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | followers |
| Synonyms: | company, cortege, court, escort, following, retinue, staff, suite, train, associates, attendants, companions, courtiers, groupies, hangers-on, retainers, sycophants, toadies |
| Antonyms: | leader |
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