Synonyms for bootlick
- noun
- verb
All synonyms
Noun
toady, minion, lackey, boot licker, sycophant, apple polisher informal, flatterer, groveler US, groveller UK, stooge, lick-spittle, lickpot dated, buttlicker slang US, ass-licker vulgar slang US, arse-licker UK, arselicker UK
Verb
1. Fawn — to seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior
fawn, kowtow, suck up, kiss up, butter up informal, brown-nose, truckle, bow and scrape
Definitions
- n. 1
A toady or sycophant.
- v. 1
To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
Forms
- Plural
- bootlicks → toadies, minions, lackeys, sycophants…
- Past participle
- bootlicked
e.g. bootlicked → fawned, kowtowed, brown-nosed, truckled…
Example sentences
- minion Robert was just a minion for Sandra's strict dad.
- lackey You treat me like a lackey and I don't like it.
- toady Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
- sycophant He was a sycophant, always trying to ingratiate himself with the wealthy.
- flatterer When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.
By length
- 4 letters
- fawn1
- 5 letters
- toady
- 6 letters
- minion2, lackey2, stooge1, kowtow2
- 7 letters
- truckle, lickpot
- 8 letters
- groveler
- 9 letters
- sycophant, flatterer, groveller
- 10 letters
- buttlicker, arselicker
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minion2 = 2 syllables).