sycophant

sycophant is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An informer; a talebearer. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An informer; a talebearer.
2. noun. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
3. transitive verb. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
4. transitive verb. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
5. intransitive verb. To play the sycophant.
6. noun. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

   Synonyms: crawler, lackey, toady

Synonyms

crawler, lackey, toady

Common word forms

sycophants, sycophantly, sycophantize

Words from these letters

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