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Antonyms for fawner


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : fawn
Phonetic Transcription : fɔn



Definition of fawner

Origin :
  • "young deer," mid-14c., from Anglo-French (late 13c.), Old French faon, feon "young animal" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *fetonem (nominative *feto), from Latin fetus "an offspring" (see fetus). Still used of the young of any animal in King James I's private translation of the Psalms, but mainly of deer from 15c. Color use is 1881.
  • As in brown : adj dark, burnished color
  • As in minion : noun sycophant
  • As in sycophant : noun person who caters to another
  • As in toady : noun sycophant
  • As in beige : noun light brown color
  • As in yes-person : noun sycophant
  • As in apple polisher : noun yes person
  • As in brownnoser : noun sycophant, toady
  • As in yes man : noun someone following orders without question
  • As in adulator : noun sycophant
  • As in apple-polisher : noun sycophant
  • As in flatterer : noun complimenter

Synonyms for fawner

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