noun
- people who seek favor by acting obsequiously toward those in authority
Usage: informal; derogatory
Examples
- The manager was surrounded by bootlickers who agreed with everything he said.
- She refused to be one of the bootlickers in the office.
- The dictator’s bootlickers praised his every decision.
- Real leaders don’t need bootlickers; they need honest advisors.
- The bootlickers in the meeting never offered any constructive criticism.
- He despised the bootlickers who constantly sought the boss’s approval.