Synonyms of fawner

fawner

noun

as in fan

a person who flatters another in order to get ahead

having surrounded himself with fawners who gave him only good news, the governor had no idea of the true state of affairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fan
• flunkie
• flunkey
• henchman
• apple-polisher
• toady
• minion
• brownnoser
• parasite
• sycophant
• devotee
• sponge
• lickspittle
• company man
• bootlicker
• pupil
• slave
• suck-up
• admirer
• flunky
• disciple
• running dog
• partisan
• idolator
• camp follower
• satellite
• follower
• yes-man
• enthusiast
• worshiper
• adherent
• leech
• partizan
• lackey
• sponger
• hanger-on
• zealot
• apparatchik
• cultist
• worshipper
• stooge
• groveler
• idolater
• convert
• me-tooer
• lapdog
• votary