ass-licker
Shameless brown-noser
Ass-licker is a vulgar term for someone who flatters or fawns over another person to gain favor—someone who debases themselves through excessive deference to authority or power.
The image is deliberately crude: He's just an ass-licker trying to get promoted.
The verb form is ass-lick.
Compare brown-noser and bootlicker.
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brown-noserOne who flatters superiors
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
yes-man · kiss-up · fawning · groveling · obsequious · suck-up · apple-polisher · kowtowing
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brown-noserOne who flatters superiors
flatterer · yes-man · kiss-up · fawning · groveling · obsequious · suck-up · apple-polisher · kowtowing · servile
ass-lickerrebel
Authority defier
maverick · nonconformist · contrarian · free spirit · iconoclast
ass-lickerwhistleblower
Insider who reports misconduct
troublemaker · rabble-rouser · agitator · shit-stirrer · muckraker