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sycophantnoun a person who flatters another in order to get aheadbe careful not to mistake sycophants for true friends apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky(also flunkey or flunkie), lickspittle, suck-up, toady yes-manapparatchik, company manhanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge, spongerhenchman, lackey, lapdog, minion, running dog, satellite, slave, stoogeadmirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, groveler, idolater(or idolator), worshipper(or worshiper), zealotadherent, camp follower, convert, disciple, follower, me-tooer, partisan(also partizan), pupil, votary parasite, sycophant, toady, leech, sponge mean a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker.parasite applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society.a jet-setter with an entourage of parasites sycophant adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation.a powerful prince surrounded by sycophants toady emphasizes the servility and snobbery of the self-seeker.cultivated leaders of society and became their toady leech stresses persistence in clinging to or bleeding another for one's own advantage.a leech living off his family and friends sponge stresses the parasitic laziness, dependence, and opportunism of the cadger.a shiftless sponge, always looking for a handout in 1575 |