Groveler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Groveler \Grov"el*er\, n.
     One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also
     --groveller.]
     [1913 Webster] groveling

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  groveler
       n : someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
           behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: {apple
           polisher}, {bootlicker}, {fawner}, {groveller}, {truckler},
            {ass-kisser}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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