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[syn: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Groveler \Grov"el*er\, n.
One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also
--groveller.]
[1913 Webster] groveling
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
groveler
n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: apple
polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "groveler":
apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick,
bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature,
cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, handshaker,
helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit,
lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave,
spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool,
truckler, tufthunter, yes-man