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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