bootlicker

noun

Definition of bootlickernext
as in flunkey
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead she's such a bootlicker that I don't take any of her compliments seriously

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bootlicker
  1. sycophant
  2. lickspittle
  3. toady
  4. minion
  5. henchman
  6. suck-up
  7. flunky
  8. parasite
Noun
  • Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger, under white powder and red eye shadow like Joker sycophants.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But that progress will be harder to forge if Trump follows through on his vow to mass fire civil servants and replace them with sycophants.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of sycophant
Noun
  • Of course, being a junior senator and attaching your name to legislation that has little chance of being enacted—none of those have bills passed—is very different from being Vice-President and chief lickspittle to Trump.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • Such as holding court, choosing your sobriquet, and naming imbecilic lickspittles to our Kingsguard.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 7 July 2024
Definition of lickspittle
Noun
  • Alfred Molina, Ving Rhames, Toby Jones, and Paul Walter Hauser all drop by to add their touches to an underworld majordomo, a dogged BPD Special Ops officer, a political toady and Boston’s single dumbest thug, respectively.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Even meteorologists would face an uncertain future, given that Project 2025 also calls for replacing tens of thousands of federal workers with political toadies beholden only to the White House.
    Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
Definition of toady
Noun
  • The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That should give Trump and his minions enough time to solve all the problems of his voters who are struggling.
    Letters to the editor, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of minion
Noun
  • There’s this brawl out scene with the henchmen of Ivan’s Russian billionaire parents.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • When Sam and Alex fail to arrive in Vegas on schedule, an enraged Charles and his hulking henchmen are forced to intervene.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of henchman
Noun
  • To be sure, plenty of companies are still committed to DEI programs, and not all executives are morphing into insufferable suck-ups.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Back in the dawn of the Trump era — just prior to his 2017 inauguration — the line of would-be suck-ups queuing up for face time with the president-elect included a man with a distinguished name.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
Definition of suck-up
Noun
  • Jin and his other flunkies excuse themselves, but Tetsu keeps Botan there to question him.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 24 July 2024
  • By quieting the clamor among the offended Giants, Mays was not acting as a flunky for his white manager.
    Aram Goudsouzian / Made by History, TIME, 25 June 2024
Definition of flunky
Noun
  • Malaria is caused by parasites transmitted to humans via infected mosquitos.
    Dave Wessner, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Eating prey can be dangerous for cats, especially mice, which can carry disease, parasites and even poison.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of parasite
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