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  • 61parasite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sycophant, fawner, hanger on, freeloader (inf.); leech, bloodsucker; inquiline, commensal; symbiont, symbiotic. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plant or animal living on another] Syn …

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  • 62snob — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sycophant, toady, fawner, bounder, upstart; parvenu, social climber. See servility, vulgarity.Ant., aristocrat, democrat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. elitist, highbrow, mandarin, Brahmin, stuffed shirt*,… …

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  • 63flatterer — n. Sycophant, fawner, parasite, wheedler, toady, flunky, spaniel, lick spittle, pick thank, toad eater …

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  • 64parasite — n. Sycophant, flatterer, toady, fawner, wheedler, flunky, spaniel, pick thank, toad eater, time server, hanger on, trencher friend …

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  • 65sycophant — n. Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunky, spaniel, lick spittle, pick thank, toad eater, time server, hanger on, mean flatterer …

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  • 66tuft-hunter — n. Hanger on (to noblemen and persons of quality), sycophant, parasite, flatterer, lick spittle, fawner, spaniel, toad eater …

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  • 67wheedler — n. 1. Flatterer, coaxer. 2. Sycophant, parasite, fawner, toady, flunky, spaniel, lick spittle, pick thank, toad eater, time server, hanger on, mean flatterer …

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  • 68parasite — parasite, sycophant, favorite, toady, lickspittle, bootlicker, hanger on, leech, sponge, sponger all signify a person who is supported or sustained or seeks support or sustenance, usually physical but sometimes social or intellectual, from… …

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  • 69sycophant — *parasite, favorite, toady, lickspittle, bootlicker, hanger on, leech, sponge, sponger Analogous words: blandisher, cajoler, wheedler (see corresponding verbs at COAX): fawner, truckler (see corresponding verbs at FAWN) …

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  • 70adulator — n toady, toadeater, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, fawning flatterer, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, backslapper, timeserver, apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Archaic. pickthank; flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, bootlick, lickspittle, Uncle Tom,… …

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