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bn:00006454n

Noun Concept

sycophant toady crawler lackey ass-kisser

A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage WordNet 3.0

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A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Person who flatters others for the purpose of obtaining a personnal advantage. OmegaWiki

Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor). Wiktionary

Someone who kisses ass. Wiktionary (translation)

One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer. Wiktionary

One who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another person. Wiktionary (translation)

A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser

Wiktionary

ass-kisser, sycophant, toady

OmegaWiki

apple-polisher, apple polisher, ass-kisser, bootlicker, brown-nose, brown-noser, lickspittle, sycophant, toady