fawners
Those seeking favor
Fawners are people who lavish excessive flattery or affection to win favor, typically from someone in power.
The word carries contempt—fawners sacrifice dignity for advantage, like dogs seeking treats: The CEO surrounded himself with fawners who never challenged his ideas.
See also sycophant, toady.
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- courtiersRoyal court members
- supplicantsThose humbly requesting aid
bootlickers · yes-men · grovelers · lackeys · minions · attendants · hangers-on · obsequious
Ardent admirers or coolers
- groupiesObsessive celebrity followers
- admirersPeople who appreciate someone
- devoteesPassionate adherents
- worshippersThose who revere religiously
idolizers · starstruck · entourage · followers · superfans · paparazzi · acolytes · disciples
Obsequious flatterers seeking favor
- climbersThose who scale heights
- careeristsAdvancement-obsessed professionals
- opportunistsThose exploiting any advantage
- schmoozersThose who ingratiate socially
networkers · ambitious · calculating · manipulative · advancement · complimenters · agreers · followers
sycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- courtiersRoyal court members
supplicants · bootlickers · yes-men · grovelers · lackeys · minions · attendants · hangers-on · obsequious · servile
fans
Ardent admirers or coolers
- groupiesObsessive celebrity followers
- admirersPeople who appreciate someone
- devoteesPassionate adherents
worshippers · idolizers · starstruck · entourage · followers · superfans · paparazzi · acolytes · disciples · handlers
suck-ups
Obsequious flatterers seeking favor
- climbersThose who scale heights
- careeristsAdvancement-obsessed professionals
- opportunistsThose exploiting any advantage
schmoozers · networkers · ambitious · calculating · manipulative · advancement · complimenters · agreers · followers · subordinates
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
fawnerscritics
Those who evaluate work
detractors · dissenters · challengers · rebels · defiers