Timeserver

3 definitions found

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

  Timeserver \Time"serv`er\, n.
     One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who
     obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only
     in a bad sense.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  timeserver
       n : one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal
           advantage

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

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "timeserver":
     Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling,
     Vicar of Bray, apple-polisher, archtraitor, ass-licker,
     backscratcher, backslapper, betrayer, bootlick, bootlicker,
     brown-nose, brownie, careerist, chameleon, clawback, cockatrice,
     conniver, conspirator, conspirer, courtier, creature, cringer,
     double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, dupe, egotist, fawner,
     flatterer, flunky, footlicker, formalist, fortune hunter, groveler,
     handshaker, helot, hog, individualist, informer, instrument,
     intrigant, intriguer, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain,
     lickspit, lickspittle, lone wolf, loner, machinator, mealymouth,
     minion, monopolist, narcissist, peon, plotter, puppet, quisling,
     rat, road hog, schemer, self-advancer, self-pleaser, self-seeker,
     self-server, serf, serpent, slave, snake, spaniel, stooge, suck,
     sycophant, temporizer, timepleaser, toad, toady, tool, traitor,
     treasonist, trimmer, truckler, tufthunter, turncoat, weathercock,
     yes-man