| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | One who flatters another excessively: adulator, courtier, flatterer, sycophant. Informal : apple-polisher. See OVER, PRAISE. | | VERB: | To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior: bootlick, cringe, fawn, grovel, kowtow, slaver, truckle. Informal : apple-polish, brownnose, cotton. Slang : suck up. Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots. See OVER.
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