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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
• Syn:
sycophant, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
• Derivationally related forms:
crawl (for: crawler), sycophantic (for: sycophant), sycophancy (for: sycophant)
• Hypernyms:
flatterer, adulator
• Hyponyms:
apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler, goody-goody

II - verb

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
• Syn:
fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
• Derivationally related forms:
kotow (for: kotow), kowtow (for: kowtow), bootlicker (for: bootlick), truckler (for: truckle), truckling (for: truckle), fawner (for: fawn)
• Hypernyms:
flatter, blandish
• Hyponyms:
curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s (for: fawn)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sycophant, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser, fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up