Sycophant

['sɪkəfænt]

Definition

(noun.) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.

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Definition

(n.) An informer; a talebearer.

(n.) A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.

(v. t.) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

(v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

(v. i.) To play the sycophant.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Parasite, flatterer, toady, lick-spittle, hanger-on, flatterer,[See CHEAT]

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Definition

n. a common informer: a servile flatterer.—n. Syc′ophancy the behaviour of a sycophant: mean tale-bearing: obsequious flattery: servility—also Sycophant′ism.—adjs. Sycophant′ic -al Sycophant′ish like a sycophant: obsequiously flattering: parasitic.—v.i. Syc′ophantise.—adv. Syc′ophantishly.—n. Syc′ophantry the arts of the sycophant.

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