noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Reese's mistake was to surround himself with sycophants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, at least off the track and in business, he had about him only sycophants.
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He would not be a fawning sycophant .
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It takes little effort to imagine how he is treated by sycophants and opportunists.
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My father was just a blatant sycophant .
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We have frightened them and made nodding sycophants of them, and now we wish them to fight with style and courage.