Synonyms of lickspittle

lickspittle

noun

ˈlik-ˌspi-tᵊl 

as in sycophant

a person who flatters another in order to get ahead

a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lickspittle

Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026

Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026

Such as holding court, choosing your sobriquet, and naming imbecilic lickspittles to our Kingsguard. — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 7 July 2024

What happened to the idea that art and culture should be a contemptuous refuge from the mainstream, as opposed to this lickspittle, running dog accommodation to the mainstream? — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 3 June 2022

And Washington is revealed once again as our modern Versailles, a place of courtiers and lickspittles who’d use the Ministry of Justice to serve their ambitions. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018