Word Meaning

sycophant definition and meaning

n. An informer; a talebearer.
n. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
v. t. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
v. t. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
v. i. To play the sycophant.

Crossword clues for sycophant

- Servile flatterer
- Toady