I. noun
a base or servilely attentive flatterer and self-seeker
sycophants who slavishly curried favor with the king
Synonyms: apple-polisher, bootlick, bootlicker, ||brownnose, ||brownnoser, ||clawback, creature, ||easy rider, footlicker, groveler, lickspit, lickspittle, minion, reptile, spaniel, ||suck, toad, toadeater, toadier, toady, truckler, yes-man; compare parasite
Related Word: flunky, gopher, lackey, slave, stooge; flatterer, self-seeker; snob, tuft-hunter
II. adjective
Synonyms: fawning , bootlicking, cowering, cringing, groveling, kowtowing, parasitic, toadying, toadyish, truckling