flatterer
/ˈflat(ə)rə
/noun
A person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant: he is not allowing flatterers to deceive him...
- Your closest retainers and flatterers have never led you astray before and they will not fail you now.
- The crowd's loud cheers and shouts of applause were typical of the flatterer, excessive and insincere.
- Artists are mainly flatterers when it comes to the portrait.
Synonyms
sycophant, groveller, fawner, lackey, obsequious person, kowtower, time server
informal crawler, creep, toady, bootlicker, yes man, lickspittle, doormat, truckler
North American informal suck-up, brown-nose
British vulgar slang arse-licker, arse-kisser
formal encomiast
archaic toad-eater
