Synonyms for lick-spittle
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Noun
1. Sycophant — A fawning toady; a base sycophant
sycophant, lackey, toady, apple polisher informal, minion, stooge, flatterer, groveler US, groveller UK, brown noser, lickpot, flunky, bootlick, ass-licker vulgar slang US, arse-licker UK, arselicker UK
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Definitions
- n. 1
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
Related words
- Other spellings
- lickspittle
Forms
- Plural
- lick-spittles → sycophants, lackeys, toadies, minions…
Example sentences
- sycophant He was a sycophant, always trying to ingratiate himself with the wealthy.
- flatterer When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.
By length
- 5 letters
- toady
- 6 letters
- minion2, lackey2, stooge1, flunky
- 7 letters
- lickpot
- 8 letters
- groveler, bootlick, lickspit
- 9 letters
- sycophant, flatterer, groveller
- 10 letters
- arselicker
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minion2 = 2 syllables).