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bootlicker
[boot-lik] 
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brownnoser
[broun-nohz]
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| 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: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
| Antonyms: | leader |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
| Synonyms: | backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, dependent, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, follower, groupie, hanger-on, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge, subordinate, toady, yes-man/woman, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
| Synonyms: | barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
| Main Entry: | sycophant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who caters to another |
| Synonyms: | adulator, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, lackey, minion, parasite, politician, puppet, slave |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
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