adjective
1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
• Syn: ↑fawning, ↑obsequious, ↑sycophantic, ↑toadyish
• Similar to: ↑insincere
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sycophant (for: ↑sycophantic), ↑obsequiousness (for: ↑obsequious)
2. attempting to win favor by flattery
• Syn: ↑fawning, ↑sycophantic, ↑toadyish
• Similar to: ↑servile
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sycophant (for: ↑sycophantic)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.