Sycophant

/ˈsɪkəfænt/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:19 ptsWWF:20 pts9 letters

Definition of Sycophant

noun

One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
An informer; a talebearer.

verb

To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Anagrams of Sycophant

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "sycophant":

8-LETTER WORDS

7-LETTER WORDS

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6-LETTER WORDS

anchos astony canopy cantos capons chants chanty coapts copays cotans cytons nachos octans pantos patchy+14 more

5-LETTER WORDS

ancho antsy ascot atony atopy canso canst canto cants canty caphs capon capos chant chaos

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "sycophant" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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