Hanger on


Synonyms for hanger on
noun person who attends the powerful for status or benefit

lackey
dependent
freeloader

parasite
sycophant
follower

flunky
nuisance
leech

truckler
sponger

Synonyms
noun supporter or follower

backer
devotee
disciple

believer
enthusiast
hanger-on

advocate
fan
aficionado

card-carrying member

Antonyms

antagonist

Synonyms
noun person who believes or has great interest

devotee
adherent
participant
patron
advocate
believer
disciple
member
client
fan
backer
admirer

worshiper
supporter
freak
stooge
helper
minion
sectary
toady
cohort
copycat
apostle
partisan

zealot
imitator
buff
satellite
vassal
companion
votary
addict
attendant
convert
lackey
servant

sidekick
promoter
parasite
sycophant
proselyte
pupil
fancier
hanger-on
representative
habitué
protégé
bootlicker

Antonyms

adversary
antagonist
enemy

opponent
manager
owner

leader
opposition

Synonyms
noun devoted fan

devotee
buff

admirer
follower

hanger-on
supporter

Antonyms

enemy

opponent

Synonyms
noun follower

help
helper
deputy
aide
partner
subordinate
coadjutor
supporter
accomplice
stooge
cohort

abettor
adjunct
collaborator
ally
colleague
adherent
assistant
backer
accessory
attendant
companion

appointee
apprentice
gofer
bodyguard
lackey
servant
hanger-on
sidekick
helpmate
friend
flunky

backup
secretary
gal Friday
girl Friday
man Friday
yes-person
coadjutant
fellow worker
hatchet man/woman
right-hand man/woman
right-hand person

Antonyms

chief
manager
boss
leader
superior

enemy
foe
adversary
opponent
antagonist

detractor
opposer
master

Synonyms
noun person of lesser rank, importance

satellite
adherent
auxiliary
deputy
minion

hanger-on
hireling
junior
sycophant
follower

peon
subaltern
subordinate
attendant
underling

menial
disciple
minor
subject
second banana

Antonyms

chief
manager

leader
boss

superior
master

Synonyms
noun sycophant

slave
stooge
lackey
dependent
parasite
follower

groupie
puppet
flatterer
subordinate
toady
fan

hanger-on
flunky
brownnoser
yes-person
doormat
backscratcher

backslapper
bootlicker
fawner
yes-man/woman

Antonyms

leader

master

Synonyms
noun something that exists by taking from or depending on another

sycophant
stooge
dependent
sucker
deadbeat

sponge
barnacle
groupie
bloodsucker
idler

freeloader
flunky
hanger-on
leech
taker

scrounger
bootlicker

Antonyms

blessing

Synonyms
noun moocher

parasite
cadger
panhandler

deadbeat
bum
freeloader

hanger-on
leech
scrounger

Synonyms
noun person who caters to another

groupie
lackey
adulator
politician
puppet

minion
slave
parasite
fan
flatterer

flunky
hanger-on
brownnoser
doormat
backslapper

backscratcher
bootlicker
fawner
groveler
handshaker

Synonyms
noun sycophant

adulator
lackey
minion
groupie
fan

flatterer
flunky
hanger-on
apple polisher
brownnoser

yes-person
doormat
backslapper
fawner
bootlicker

backscratcher
ass-kisser
doter
kiss-up
teacher’s pet

Synonyms
noun sycophant

brownnoser
fan
flatterer
flunky

groupie
hanger-on
lackey
minion

puppet
toady
apple-polisher
backscratcher

backslapper
bootlicker
doormat
fawner

Synonyms
noun temporary supporter

acolyte
disciple

groupie
hanger-on

satellite

Synonyms
noun somebody or something unnecessary

hanger-on
lagniappe

spare
spare tire

superfluity
triviality

deadwood
third wheel

Synonyms
noun parasite

crustacean
bloodsucker

appendage
freeloader

hanger-on
leech

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