| NOUN | person | toady, sycophant, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
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| VERB | communication | toady, fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up | try to gain favor / favor / favor by cringing or flattering |
| Meaning | A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. | |
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| Synonyms | sycophant, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser | |
| Narrower | apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
| goody-goody | A person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior | |
| Broader | flatterer, adulator | A person who uses flattery |
| Spanish | adulador, adulón, candongo, cepillero, cobista, lameculos, lavacaras, pelota, pelotero, quitamotas, quitapelillos, sicofanta, sicofante | |
| Catalan | ensabonador, llepacrestes, pilota, raspallador, sicofanta | |
| Verbs | toady | try to gain favor / favor / favor by cringing or flattering |
| Meaning | try to gain favor / favor / favor by cringing or flattering. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up | |
| Narrower | curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour | seek favor / favor / favor by fawning or flattery |
| Broader | flatter, blandish | praise somewhat dishonestly |
| Spanish | humillarse, lamer el culo, rebajarse | |
| Nouns | toady | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
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