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Synonyms of apple-polisher
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead
- a transparent apple-polisher whose fulsome praise fooled no one
Synonyms for apple-polisher
- bootlicker,
- brownnoser,
- fawner,
- flunky
- (also flunkey or flunkie),
- lickspittle,
- suck-up,
- sycophant,
- toady
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