Brownnoser
Brownnoser noun - A person who flatters another in order to get ahead.
Usage example: surrounded himself with brainless brownnosers, so no wonder the company went down the tubes
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Synonyms for Brownnoser
Flunky and brownnoser are semantically related. in sycophant topic. In some cases you can use "Flunky" instead a noun "Brownnoser".
Flunky
Flunky noun - A person who flatters another in order to get ahead.
Usage example: a rock star who saw through the phonies and the flunkies
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Related pairs
- minion and brownnoser
- minion and flunky
- sycophant and brownnoser
- sycophant and flunky
- toady and brownnoser
- toady and flunky
- bootlicker and brownnoser
- bootlicker and flunky
- yes-man and brownnoser
- yes-man and flunky
- follower and brownnoser
- follower and flunky
- parasite and brownnoser
- parasite and flunky
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