Sycophant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɪkəfænt|  American pronunciation of the word sycophant
Brit.  |ˈsɪkəfænt|  British pronunciation of the word sycophant

noun

- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage (syn: crawler, lackey, toady)

Extra examples

...when her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends...

Word forms

noun
singular: sycophant
plural: sycophants
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