Definition for Sycophantic:

• Alt. of Sycophantical

Synonyms for Sycophantic:

• adj.

  •complimentary (adjective)
  • honeyed,
  • with highest recommendation,
  • congratulatory,
  • appreciative,
  • with high praise,
  • respectful,
  • Celebrating,
  • approving,
  • approbatory,
  • honoring,
  • laudatory,
  • courtly,
  • Commendatory,
  • fair-spoken,
  • polite,
  • unctuous.
  •fawning (adjective)
  • cringing,
  • scraping,
  • sniveling,
  • prostrate,
  • compliant,
  • bowing,
  • sycophant,
  • kowtowing,
  • cowering,
  • spineless,
  • brownnosing,
  • abject,
  • humble,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • submissive,
  • parasitic,
  • crawling.
  •fulsome (adjective)
  • buttery,
  • Canting,
  • saccharine,
  • overdone,
  • smooth,
  • bombastic,
  • oily,
  • glib,
  • grandiloquent,
  • smarmy,
  • wheedling,
  • coarse,
  • extravagant,
  • cloying,
  • oleaginous,
  • sanctimonious,
  • slick,
  • offensive,
  • suave,
  • magniloquent,
  • slimy,
  • immoderate,
  • nauseating,
  • insincere,
  • inordinate,
  • hypocritical.
  •servile (adjective)
  • obedient,
  • passive,
  • despicable,
  • eating crow,
  • eating humble pie,
  • craven,
  • unresisting.
  •subservient (adjective)
  • resigned,
  • acquiescent,
  • in one's power,
  • a slave to,
  • in one's clutches,
  • inferior.

• n.

  •slavish (noun)
  • docile.

• Other synonyms:

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  • complimentary.

Antonyms for Sycophantic:

• adj.

  • complimentary
    unmannerly, reproachful, Blaming, insulting, disparaging, unflattering, for sale, critical, Denouncing, Censuring.
  • fawning
    cool, disinterested, proud, unfriendly, aloof.
  • fulsome
    reasonable, sincere.
  • ingratiating
    repellent, disgusting, Deterring.
  • menial
    skilled, moral, superior, honest, exciting, noble, high, elevated, unusual, talented.
  • obsequious
    assertive, brazen, confident, presumptuous, arrogant.
  • servile
    aggressive, dominant.
  • subservient
    domineering, controlling, useless, unhelpful, unnecessary, disobedient.
  • Other antonyms:
    unservile, unsubmissive.

Sycophantic Sentence Examples:

• " Third time this morning, sir," added a sycophantic subaltern.

• What so untruthful as to deserve to be branded sycophantic?