fawner
Obsequious praise-giver
A fawner is someone who flatters excessively or shows servile devotion to gain favor.
The word suggests insincerity—the fawner's attention serves their own interests rather than genuine admiration: The celebrity was surrounded by fawners hoping for a mention in her next post.
Related to the verb fawn, as in fawn over.
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- yes-manUncritical agreeable subordinate
flunkey · lackey · minion · lickspittle · apple-polisher · groveler · adulator · courtier
Excessively praising, often insincerely
- ingratiatingSeeking favor through flattery
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- sycophanticServilely flattering
groveling · kowtowing · toadying · bootlicking · brown-nosing · apple-polishing · simpering · cringing
Excessively eager to obey
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- meekHumbly unassertive
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
compliant · docile · obedient · acquiescent · pliant · yielding · biddable · spineless
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
yes-man · flunkey · lackey · minion · lickspittle · apple-polisher · groveler · adulator · courtier · hanger-on
flattering
Excessively praising, often insincerely
- ingratiatingSeeking favor through flattery
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
sycophantic · groveling · kowtowing · toadying · bootlicking · brown-nosing · apple-polishing · simpering · cringing · fussing
subservient
Excessively eager to obey
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- meekHumbly unassertive
servile · compliant · docile · obedient · acquiescent · pliant · yielding · biddable · spineless · unassertive
unctuous
Excessively and insincerely earnest
glib · oleaginous · fulsome · effusive · gushing · cloying · saccharine · honeyed · sugary · smooth
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- hangers-onhanger-on, tagalong, leech, parasite, freeloader
fawnercritic
One who judges merit
rebel · dissenter · detractor · challenger · contrarian
fawnerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth-teller · straight-shooter · independent thinker · nonconformist · honest broker
- fawn overFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn uponFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn responseSurvival through appeasement