English > lackey: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. |
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| Synonyms | sycophant, toady, crawler, ass-kisser |
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| Narrower | apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
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| goody-goody | A person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior |
| Broader | flatterer, adulator | A person who uses flattery |
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| Spanish | adulador, adulón, candongo, cepillero, cobista, lameculos, lavacaras, pelota, pelotero, quitamotas, quitapelillos, sicofanta, sicofante |
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| Catalan | ensabonador, llepacrestes, pilota, raspallador, sicofanta |
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