lackey
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a male servant (especially a footman)
Types & categories
- servant hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Types & categories
- flatterer hypernym
- apple polisher hyponym
- goody-goody hyponym
Related & opposite
- sycophancy derivation
- kotow derivation
- fawn derivation
- bootlicking derivation
- bootlicking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | servant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sycophancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kotow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fawn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bootlicking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bootlicking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flatterer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | apple polisher |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | goody-goody |