Thesaurus: sycophant

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1. n. An informer; a talebearer.
2. n. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
3. v. t. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
4. v. t. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
5. v. i. To play the sycophant.
6. n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
7. 1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney. 2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men. A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire. Dryden. 1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.] Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. Milton. 2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously. To play the sycophant.
8. n:100 n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage