sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sycophant (plural sycophants)
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
Synonyms: ass-kisser, brown noser, suck up, yes man, Thesaurus:sycophant
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
Synonyms: parasite, flunky, lackey, Thesaurus:sycophant
(obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
sycophant (third-person singular simple present sycophants, present participle sycophanting, simple past and past participle sycophanted)
(transitive) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
(transitive) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Source: Wiktionary
Syc"o*phant, n. Etym: [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See Phenomenon.]
1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney.
2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men. A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire. Dryden.
Syc"o*phant, v. t. Etym: [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr.
1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.] Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. Milton.
2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Syc"o*phant, v. i.
Definition: To play the sycophant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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