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Meaning of sycophant

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sycophant

Pronunciation:/ˈsɪkəfænt/

noun

Definitions

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

    Synonyms:ass-kisserbrown nosersuck upyes man
  2. One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.

    Synonyms:flunkylackeyparasite
  3. An informer; a talebearer.

verb

Definitions

  1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

  2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.