groveler
One who fawns
A groveler is someone who debases themselves before another—crawling, pleading, or showing excessive deference to gain favor or forgiveness.
The word carries contempt for the behavior: What a groveler—he'll say anything to get back in the boss's good graces.
Also spelled groveller.
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
- lickspittleServile flatterer seeking favor
fawner · yes-man · suck-up · apple-polisher · adulator · backscratcher · flunky · lackey
Readily yielding to control
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
deferential · docile · acquiescent · meek · yielding · biddable · passive · subdued
toady
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
lickspittle · fawner · yes-man · suck-up · apple-polisher · adulator · backscratcher · flunky · lackey · minion
submissive
Readily yielding to control
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
compliant · deferential · docile · acquiescent · meek · yielding · biddable · passive · subdued · kowtowing
pleading
Urgent heartfelt request
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
craven · abject · pathetic · pitiful · wretched · degraded · demeaned · self-abasing · sniveling · whimpering
- surfing gearsurfboard, longboard, shortboard, funboard, foam board
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- hangers-onhanger-on, tagalong, leech, parasite, freeloader
grovelerdignitary
Person of high rank
stalwart · noble · nobleman · noblewoman · aristocrat
grovelerrebel
Authority defier
challenger · resister · maverick · nonconformist · independent
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