ass-kissers
Shameless brown-nosing types
Ass-kissers are people who flatter or fawn over those in power to gain favor.
The term is crude and contemptuous, suggesting the behavior is degrading and insincere: The boss surrounded himself with ass-kissers who never challenged his ideas.
Related forms include ass-kisser (singular), ass-kiss (verb), and ass-kissing (noun or adjective).
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- brown-nosersThose who flatter superiors
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
- yes-menAutomatic approval-givers
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
flatterers · apple-polishers · teacher's pets · suck-ups · office politics · backstabbers · opportunists · ingratiators
Close, often questionable associates
- loyalistsFaithful to established authority
- yes-menAutomatic approval-givers
- lackeysServile attendants
- stoogesUnquestioning subordinates or assistants
puppets · donors · supporters · endorsers · hacks · operatives · acolytes · sycophants
Servile praise-givers
- hangers-onThose who cling opportunistically
- groupiesObsessive celebrity followers
- sycophantsServile self-seeking flatterers
- followersPeople who support someone
admirers · flatterers · social climbers · entourage · wannabes · name-droppers · glad-handers · phonies
sycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- brown-nosersThose who flatter superiors
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
- yes-menAutomatic approval-givers
toadies · flatterers · apple-polishers · teacher's pets · suck-ups · office politics · backstabbers · opportunists · ingratiators · schmoozers
cronies
Close, often questionable associates
stooges · puppets · donors · supporters · endorsers · hacks · operatives · acolytes · sycophants · toadies
fawners
Servile praise-givers
- hangers-onThose who cling opportunistically
- groupiesObsessive celebrity followers
- sycophantsServile self-seeking flatterers
followers · admirers · flatterers · social climbers · entourage · wannabes · name-droppers · glad-handers · phonies · poseurs
ass-kissersrebels
Armed opposition fighters
mavericks · troublemakers · insubordinates · hell-raisers · defiers
ass-kissersstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
truth-tellers · honest brokers · true believers · critics · real ones