Apple-polisher synonyms
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A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
sycophant (related)
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.
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A liveried manservant
The definition of a lackey is a person who does your dirty work, or who does whatever you ask.
lickspittle
(Intransitive) To play the toady; take the rôle of a lickspittle to please (someone).
Alternative spelling of yes man.
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yes woman
A person who uses flattery to get something or to win favor
praise (related)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
ass-licker
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backslapper
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
(US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
handshaker
lickspit
mealymouth
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Find another word for apple-polisher. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for apple-polisher, like: flatterer, toady, flunkey, sycophant, ass-kisser, bootlicker, brownnose, fawner, flunky, groveler and lackey.