A flattering parasite; a sycophant; a hypocrite.

A flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite. Obsolete.

One who fawns, cringes, or flatters; a toady.

A person who curries favour with another, esp. by informing against someone else; a flatterer, a sycophant; a telltale.

A person who offers adulation; (originally) one who flatters obsequiously or sycophantically; (now usually) one who admires and praises…

derogatory. A person who worms himself or herself into another's favour by whispering and insinuation; a person who seeks to influence others in…

One who solicits favour by flattery or complaisance.

A person resembling the Gnatho of Terence; a parasite, sycophant.

(up-, prefix affix 3e.)

One who claws another's back (see claw, v. 4); a flatterer, sycophant, parasite, ‘toady’.

= 1.

a flatterer, toady (cf. claw-back, n.).

A person who tries to please others; a sycophant, a flatterer; = man-pleaser n. at man, n.1 compounds 1c(a).

A mean, servile, cringing, or abject flatterer; a parasite, toady, lickspittle.

= curry-favel(l, n.

One who caps; in various senses of the verb.

One who insinuates. One who artfully creeps into favour.

One who claws. (See the verb.)

? an obsequious person, a toady.

a toady.

One who courts; a wooer. Obsolete.

a slave; a fawning or obsequious person, a sycophant; foot kisser n.

One who fleers; a mocker, †a ‘fawner’ (Johnson).

figurative. One who makes his way by subtle, ingratiating, or underhand means.

= fawner, n. rare.

In etymological sense: One who has ‘limber hams’, a supple-jointed person; figurative an obsequious person, ‘lackey’.

figurative. A fawning flatterer, parasite, sycophant; = toady, n. 2.

One who meanly or obsequiously courts the acquaintance of persons of rank and title (originally at the universities: see tuft, n. 7a 7b); a toady…

A person who flatters another excessively or insincerely, esp. with the aim of gaining favour or advancement; a toady. Cf. arse-licker, n., ass-kisser…

one who curries favour by mean or indirect methods (cf. 2f).

= lickspittle, n.

An abject parasite or sycophant; a toady.

an abject sycophant or toady.

A servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant; = toad-eater, n. 2.

= toady, n. 2.

A sycophant, parasite; = toady, n. 2.

= sense B.

U.S. A toady, a sycophant; one who curries favour; also attributive.

= curry-favour, n.

U.S. slang. = greaser, n. 2.

A person who behaves obsequiously towards someone important or in authority, typically in order to gain favour or personal advantage. Cf. arse-licker…

U.S. colloquial. A person who makes a show of being genial, esp. one who attempts to curry favour with insincere flattery; a sycophant, a toady.

slang. A sycophant; esp. a schoolboy who curries favour with teachers. Cf. to suck up 5 at suck, v. phrasal verbs 2; sucker-up n. at sucker, n.…

Chiefly derogatory. A political stooge or apologist; a ‘yes-man’.

= suck, n.1 10 (cf. to suck up 5 at suck, v. phrasal verbs 2).

a person who attempts to curry favour with a superior; a toady, a flatterer.

(a) In schools: an informer, a tell-tale. (b) One who curries favour, a toady; generally, an obnoxious person.

An obsequious person; a flatterer, a sycophant, a toady.

An obsequious person; a flatterer, a sycophant, a toady.

An obsequious person; a sycophant.

A person who flatters another excessively or insincerely, esp. with the aim of gaining favour or advancement; a toady. Cf. ass-licker, n., arse-kisser…

A person who flatters another excessively or insincerely, esp. when intended to gain favour or advancement; a toady. Cf. arse-kisser, n.

An objectionable person; a sycophant. (Cf. grease, n. 5b.)

†(a) ? (see quot. 1627); (b) U.S. a whirlpool, a pond; (c) Canadian and Australian slang, a term of abuse (cf. suck, n.1 12); hence as v. intransitive…

A sycophant; = suck, n.1 10.

An obsequious person; a sycophant.

A parasite, flatterer (cf. Latin musca). Obsolete.