lickspittles
Obsequious yes-men types
Lickspittles is the plural of lickspittle—a servile flatterer, someone who fawns obsequiously to gain favor from those in power.
The image is of someone so debased they would lick another's spit.
The word is contemptuous: The CEO surrounded himself with lickspittles who agreed with everything he said.
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
- fawnersServile praise-givers
yes-men · grovelers · obsequious · minions · lackeys · flunkies · brown-nosers · apple-polishers
Lacking courage or resolve
- cravenContemptibly lacking nerve
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
- patheticArousing scornful pity
shameless · sniveling · cowardly · undignified · sycophantic · toadying · fawning · cringing
Close, often questionable associates
- apparatchiksPolitical party operatives
- loyalistsFaithful to established authority
- henchmenLoyal subordinates to wrongdoers
- stoogesUnquestioning subordinates or assistants
puppets · lackeys · enablers · sycophantic · partisans · functionaries · operatives · yes-men
sycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
- toadiesServile flatterers seeking favor
- flatterersThose offering insincere praise
- bootlickersServile seekers of favor
fawners · yes-men · grovelers · obsequious · minions · lackeys · flunkies · brown-nosers · apple-polishers · crawlers
spineless
Lacking courage or resolve
- cravenContemptibly lacking nerve
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
pathetic · shameless · sniveling · cowardly · undignified · sycophantic · toadying · fawning · cringing · bootlicking
cronies
Close, often questionable associates
- apparatchiksPolitical party operatives
- loyalistsFaithful to established authority
- henchmenLoyal subordinates to wrongdoers
stooges · puppets · lackeys · enablers · sycophantic · partisans · functionaries · operatives · yes-men · apologists
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlickers
lickspittlesrebels
Armed opposition fighters
dissidents · nonconformists · mavericks · free spirits · independents
lickspittlestruth-tellers
Those who state facts
whistleblowers · dissenters · straight shooters · honest brokers · critics