| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers | | Section IV. Moral Affections | | 2. Moral Sentiments |
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| 935. Flatterer. |
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| NOUN: | FLATTERER, adulator, eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator, booster [colloq., U. S.], whitewasher.
toady, toadeater, sycophant, courtier, flattercap [obs. or dial. Eng.], pickthank [archaic or dial.], Damocles, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant; flatteur [F.], prôneur [F.]; puffer, claqueur [F.], claquer; tout, touter [both colloq.], claw-back [obs. or dial. Eng.], slaverer; doer of dirty work; parasite, hanger-on (servility) [See Servility].
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| ADJECTIVE: | flattering [See Flattery].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.—Tacitus
- But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.—Julius Cæsar
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