Synonyms of sycophant
39 similar words · 3 opposite words
Another word for sycophant is minion. Other synonyms of sycophant are lackey and lickspittle. The opposite of sycophant is boss.
Synonyms and similar words for sycophant
nounOne who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a...
- ass-kisserSomeone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).
- brown noserOne who brownnoses (flatters or humors somebody in an obsequious manner for personal gain); one who sucks up; a...
- suck-upA person who sucks up, or plays up through adulation or flattery or other such devices to win another's favour; a...
- yes manA person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
nounOne who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
nounMore synonyms
- adulatorOne who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
- apple polisherA sycophant; a toady.
- arse-kisser vulgarA sycophant.
- arse-licker vulgar
- ass-licker vulgarSomeone who succumbs to authority, someone who excessively flatters or submits to authority figures in order to gain...
- bootlick USA toady or sycophant.
- bootlicker
- buttkisserSynonym of kiss-ass.
- buttlicker
- brownnoseOne who sucks up; a bootlicker or sycophant.
- dickrider vulgarA subservient or obsequious person.
- doormat
- flattererOne who flatters.
- flunkey
- groveler USA person who grovels.
- groveller UKBritish standard spelling of groveler.
- hanger-on
- kiss-assAn obsequious person who tries to win the favor of someone, usually their superior.
- lickspittleA fawning toady; a base sycophant.
- minionA loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- people pleaserAn obsequious, subservient person, especially in a workplace.
- pickthankA sycophant; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour).
- schmoozerOne who schmoozes.
- simp slang
- suck up
- throne snifferA person who is servile to the point of self-degradation.
- toadeaterA fawning, obsequious parasite; a low sycophant or flatterer.
- toadyA sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
- white knight
- clawback obsoleteA flatterer or sycophant.
- lick-platter obsoleteA sycophant.
- lickpot obsoleteAn untrustworthy sycophant.
Opposite of sycophant
Meaning of sycophant
- noun One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
- noun One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
- noun An informer; a talebearer.
sycophant in other languages
Questions about synonyms of sycophant
- What is another word for sycophant?
- Sycophant has 39 synonyms on Word.ws, such as minion, lackey and lickspittle.
- What is the opposite of sycophant?
- The opposite of sycophant is boss.
- What does sycophant mean?
- Sycophant means one who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
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