noun
- a person who acts obsequiously in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
Usage: formal
Examples
- The CEO was surrounded by sycophants who agreed with everything he said.
- She refused to be a sycophant and spoke her mind during the meeting.
- The politician’s sycophants praised even his most questionable decisions.
- He was known as a sycophant who would do anything to curry favor with his boss.
- The court was filled with sycophants seeking the king’s approval.
- Her honest criticism stood out among the sycophants’ empty praise.