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Synonyms for fawner

  • noun

Most common

boot licker sycophant toady flatterer

All synonyms

Noun

boot licker, sycophant, apple polisher informal, toady, flatterer, truckler, groveler US, groveller UK, minion, lackey

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who fawns; a sycophant.

Forms

Plural
fawners → sycophants, toadies, flatterers, trucklers…

Example sentences

  • sycophant He was a sycophant, always trying to ingratiate himself with the wealthy.
  • toady Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
  • flatterer When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fawnersteady
sycophantrising
toadyrising
flatterersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
toady
6 letters
minion2, lackey2
8 letters
truckler, groveler
9 letters
sycophant, flatterer, groveller

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minion2 = 2 syllables).