Synonyms for sycophantic
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- effusive flattering servile
- Other spellings
- sycophantical
Example sentences
- obsequious Obsequious people make me feel uncomfortable.
- unctuous They resented how his unctuous flattery tended to obtrude into serious meetings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sycophantic | rising | |
| fawning | rising | |
| obsequious | rising | |
| groveling | rising | |
| unctuous | rising | |
| parasitical | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- oily2
- 5 letters
- slimy2, soapy2
- 6 letters
- greasy2, smarmy2
- 7 letters
- fawning2, servile2, fulsome2
- 8 letters
- unctuous2, toadyish
- 9 letters
- parasitic4, insincere3, groveling3, adulatory, truckling
- 10 letters
- flattering3, obsequious4
- 11 letters
- parasitical
- 12 letters
- ingratiating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oily2 = 2 syllables).