brown-noses
Curries excessive favor
Brown-noses is the plural of brown-nose—a person who curries favor through excessive flattery or obsequious behavior toward authority figures.
The image is crude: someone whose nose has turned brown from proximity to another's rear end.
The brown-noses in the office always get the best assignments.
Also functions as a verb: He brown-noses the boss constantly.
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
- yes-menAutomatic approval-givers
apple-polishers · fawners · crawlers · grovelers · lickspittles · schmoozers · suck-ups · ingratiators
Workplace superior
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- advancementForward movement or promotion
corner office · raises · manager · office politics · corporate · ladder-climbing · performance review · special treatment
sycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
yes-men · apple-polishers · fawners · crawlers · grovelers · lickspittles · schmoozers · suck-ups · ingratiators · obsequious
boss
Workplace superior
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
advancement · corner office · raises · manager · office politics · corporate · ladder-climbing · performance review · special treatment · preferential
brown-nosesdefies
Openly resists or challenges
rebels · challenges · disobeys · insubordinates · resists
brown-nosesstraight-shooters
Candid, truthful individuals
truth-tellers · tells it like it is · straight shooters · calls out · blunt
brown-nosesfree spirits
Independent, unconventional people
self-respecting · dignified · unbowed · proud · autonomous
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