Sycophant (Noun)
Meaning
A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The manager surrounded himself with sycophants who would agree with every decision he made, no matter how ill-conceived.
- Her colleagues accused her of being a sycophant, always flattering the boss in hopes of getting a promotion.
- The sycophant of a politician did his best to make his leader look good, even when his policies were clearly failing.
- The team's morale was low due to the presence of a sycophant who constantly sought to impress the coach at the expense of his teammates.
- In the royal court, sycophants abounded, each trying to outdo the others in their fawning praise of the monarch.