noun
Meaning 1
One who flatters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flatterer
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who uses flattery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adulator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: follower
Narrower terms: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
History
Etymology
From Middle English flaterere, equivalent to flatter + -er.
Across languages
Translations
97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: lajkatar — one who flatters
- Azerbaijani: yaltaq — one who flatters
- Belarusian: лясту́н (ljastún) — one who flatters
- Belarusian: падлі́знік (padlíznik) — one who flatters
- Belarusian: падлі́за (padlíza) — one who flatters
- Bengali: খয়ের খাঁ (khoẏer khã) — one who flatters
- Bulgarian: ласка́тел (laskátel) — one who flatters
- Catalan: adulador — one who flatters
- Catalan: aduladora — one who flatters
- Catalan: llagoter — one who flatters
- Catalan: llagotera — one who flatters
- Catalan: complimentós — one who flatters
- Chinese Mandarin: 奉承者 (fèngchéngzhě) — one who flatters
- Chinese Mandarin: 諂媚者 /谄媚者 (chǎnmèizhě) — one who flatters
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿諛者 /阿谀者 (ēyúzhě) — one who flatters
- Chinese Mandarin: 馬屁精 /马屁精 (mǎpìjīng) — one who flatters
- Czech: lichotník — one who flatters
- Danish: smigrer — one who flatters
- Dutch: vleier — one who flatters
- Dutch: vleister — one who flatters
- Finnish: imartelija — one who flatters
- Finnish: mielistelijä — one who flatters
- French: flatteur — one who flatters
- French: flatteuse — one who flatters
- Gagauz: yaltak — one who flatters
- Galician: aloumiñeiro — one who flatters
- German: Schmeichler — one who flatters
- German: Schmeichlerin — one who flatters
- Greek: κόλακας (kólakas) — one who flatters
- Ancient Greek: κόλαξ (kólax) — one who flatters
- Ancient Greek: θώψ (thṓps) — one who flatters
- Hungarian: hízelgő — one who flatters
- Irish: líodóir — one who flatters
- Italian: adulatore — one who flatters
- Italian: adulatrice — one who flatters
- Jamaican Creole: sweet talker — one who flatters
- Japanese: おべっか使い (obekkatsukai) — one who flatters
- Japanese: 茶坊主 (chabōzu) — one who flatters
- Japanese: 幇間 — one who flatters
- Kapampangan: talabuladas — one who flatters
- Korean: 아첨꾼 (acheomkkun) — one who flatters
- Latin: palpātor — one who flatters
- Latin: palpō — one who flatters
- Latin: adūlātor — one who flatters
- Lithuanian: saldžiakalbis — one who flatters
- Lithuanian: saldžialiežuvis — one who flatters
- Macedonian: ла́скавец (láskavec) — one who flatters
- Macedonian: подли́зурко (podlízurko) — one who flatters
- Macedonian: додво́рувач (dodvóruvač) — one who flatters
- Middle English: flaterere — one who flatters
- Middle English: losengeour — one who flatters
- Norman: affliâtreux (nrm) — one who flatters
- Norman: fliatteux (nrm) — one who flatters
- Norwegian Bokmål: smigrer — one who flatters
- Polish: pochlebca — one who flatters
- Portuguese: bajulador — one who flatters
- Portuguese: adulador — one who flatters
- Portuguese: puxa-saco — one who flatters
- Romagnol: aduladôr (eml) — one who flatters
- Romagnol: adulatôr (eml) — one who flatters
- Romanian: lingușitor — one who flatters
- Romanian: lingușitoare — one who flatters
- Romanian: adulator — one who flatters
- Romanian: adulatoare — one who flatters
- Russian: льстец (lʹstec) — one who flatters
- Russian: подхали́м (podxalím) — one who flatters
- Russian: подхали́мка (podxalímka) — one who flatters
- Russian: подли́за (podlíza) — one who flatters
- Salar: yaltaci — one who flatters
- Serbo-Croatian: ласкавац — one who flatters
- Serbo-Croatian: laskavac — one who flatters
- Slovak: lichotník — one who flatters
- Slovak: pochlebovač — one who flatters
- Spanish: lisonjeador — one who flatters
- Spanish: lisonjero — one who flatters
- Spanish: adulador — one who flatters
- Spanish: halagador — one who flatters
- Spanish: zalamero — one who flatters
- Spanish: adulón — one who flatters
- Swedish: smickrare — one who flatters
- Telugu: ఇచ్చకాలమారి (iccakālamāri) — one who flatters
- Turkish: yaltak — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: підле́сник (pidlésnyk) — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: лесте́ць (lestécʹ) — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: обле́сник (oblésnyk) — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: лесту́н (lestún) — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: підли́за (pidlýza) — one who flatters
- Ukrainian: підли́зник (pidlýznyk) — one who flatters
- Walloon: clatcheu — one who flatters
- Walloon: platchteu — one who flatters
- Walloon: flåzeu — one who flatters
- Welsh: gwenieithwr — one who flatters
- Welsh: gwenieithwraig — one who flatters
- Welsh: sebonwr — one who flatters
- Welsh: sebonwraig — one who flatters
- Welsh: ffalsiwr — one who flatters
- Welsh: ffalsiwraig — one who flatters