sycophant (noun)

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• sycophant — ► NOUN ▪ a person who flatters someone important in a servile way. DERIVATIVES sycophancy noun sycophantic adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting an informer: from Greek sukophant s, from sukon fig + phainein to show , perhaps with reference to… …   English terms dictionary

• sycophant — noun Etymology: Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler, from Greek sykophantēs slanderer, from sykon fig + phainein to show more at fancy Date: 1575 a servile self seeking flatterer Synonyms: see parasite • sycophant adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sycophant — noun I thought you wanted a competent assistant, not a nodding sycophant Syn: yes man, bootlicker, brown noser, toady, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, spaniel, doormat, stooge, cringer, suck, suck up …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sycophant — noun /ˈsɪkəfænt,ˈsɪkəfənt/ a) One who uses compliments to gain self serving favor or advantage from another. b) One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential. Syn: ass kisser …   Wiktionary

• sycophant — noun (C) formal someone who praises important or powerful people insincerely in order to get something from them: a dictator surrounded by sycophants sycophantic adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sycophant — UK [ˈsɪkəfənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms sycophant : singular sycophant plural sycophants formal an insulting word for someone who praises rich or powerful people in order to gain an advantage Derived words: sycophancy UK [ˈsɪkəfənsɪ] / US …   English dictionary

• sycophant — [ sɪkəfant] noun a toady; a servile flatterer. Derivatives sycophancy noun sycophantic adjective sycophantically adverb Word History A sycophant was originally an informer, which is the meaning of the original Greek word sukophantēs. This was… …   English new terms dictionary

• sycophant — syc|o|phant [ sıkəfənt ] noun count FORMAL an insulting word for someone who praises rich or powerful people in order to gain an advantage ╾ syc|o|phan|cy [ sıkəfənsi ] noun uncount ╾ syc|o|phan|tic [ ,sıkə fæntık ] adjective: He expects… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sycophant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parasite, toady, bootlicker, lickspittle, flatterer, fawner, truckler. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. parasite, leech, toady, flatterer, fawner, hanger on, toadeater, tufthunter,… …   English dictionary for students

• sycophant — /ˈsɪkəfænt/ (say sikuhfant), / fənt/ (say fuhnt), /ˈsaɪ / (say suy ) noun a self seeking flatterer; a fawning, servile parasite. {Latin sȳcophanta, from Greek sȳkophantēs slanderer, false accuser, literally, fig shower, from sykon fig + phan ,… …  

• sycophancy — sycophant ► NOUN ▪ a person who flatters someone important in a servile way. DERIVATIVES sycophancy noun sycophantic adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting an informer: from Greek sukophant s, from sukon fig + phainein to show , perhaps with… …   English terms dictionary