groveller
One who crawls
A groveller is someone who grovels—who debases themselves before another person, either literally by crawling on the ground or figuratively through excessive flattery and self-abasement.
The word carries contempt for the behavior: He's such a groveller around the boss.
Also spelled groveler.
Excessive insincere flattery
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
servile · cringing · unctuous · slavish · kowtowing · yes-man · lackey · minion
Excessively eager to obey
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- meekHumbly unassertive
submissive · supplicant · prostrate · kneeling · begging · pleading · imploring · beseeching
Crafty and calculating
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
crafty · insidious · exploitative · coercive · strategic · self-serving · opportunistic · disingenuous
fawning
Excessive insincere flattery
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
flatterer · servile · cringing · unctuous · slavish · kowtowing · yes-man · lackey · minion · crawler
subservient
Excessively eager to obey
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
meek · submissive · supplicant · prostrate · kneeling · begging · pleading · imploring · beseeching · cowering
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
devious · crafty · insidious · exploitative · coercive · strategic · self-serving · opportunistic · disingenuous · feigning