1. (verb) sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Synonyms: flunkey, crawler, ass-kisser, earthworm, nightcrawler, creeper, red worm, fishing worm, sycophant, flunky, lackey, nightwalker, angleworm, fishworm, wiggler, toady, dew worm
2. (verb) fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Synonyms: soak up, sidle up, cower, cotton up, sop up, bootlick, fawn, cozy up, imbibe, crawl, draw, grovel, shine up, absorb, cringe, take up, truckle, kowtow, take in, suck, play up, kotow, scrape, creep, genuflect, suck up, toady
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