All groveler synonyms

noun groveler

• groupie — a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
• lackey — A servant, esp. a liveried footman or manservant.
• adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
• politician — a person who is active in party politics.
• puppet — an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
• minion — a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
• slave — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
• parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
• fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
• flatterer — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
• flunky — a male servant in livery.
• hanger-on — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
• doormat — a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
• back-slapper — the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
• backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
• bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
• fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
• apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
• assenter — a person who agrees or complies
• kowtow — to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
• sheep — any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
• backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
• fawner — One who fawns; a sycophant.
• handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
• sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
• toady — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
• yes man — a person who, regardless of actual attitude, always expresses agreement with his or her supervisor, superior, etc.; sycophant.
• ass-kisser — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
• lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
• truckle — to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
• camp follower — If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage.
• pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
• stooge — an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
• underling — a subordinate, especially one of slight importance.