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yes-person
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| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | henchman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follower |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, assistant, attendant, backer, backup*, bodyguard, coadjutant, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, fellow worker, flunky, friend, gal Friday, girl Friday, gofer, hanger-on, hatchet man/woman, help, helper, helpmate, lackey, man Friday, partner, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, secretary, servant, sidekick*, stooge, subordinate, supporter, yes-person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lackey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | servant |
| Synonyms: | attendant, butler, domestic, doormat, drudge, factotum, flunkey, retainer, steward, subordinate, toady, underling, valet, yes-person |
| 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: | 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Flatterer. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
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-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].
-phrases
pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Tacitus].
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