Thesaurus / hanger on
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synonyms for hanger on
- bootlicker
- doormat
- fan
- fawner
- flatterer
- flunky
- follower
- groupie
- hanger-on
- lackey
- puppet
- stooge
- toady
- brown-noser
- yes-person
- bloodsucker
- bootlicker
- deadbeat
- flunky
- freeloader
- groupie
- hanger-on
- idler
- leech
- scrounger
- sponge
- stooge
- sucker
- sycophant
- taker
- groupie
- lackey
- adulator
- bootlicker
- doormat
- fan
- fawner
- flatterer
- flunky
- groveler
- hanger-on
- minion
- parasite
- puppet
- brown-noser
- adulator
- ass-kisser
- bootlicker
- doormat
- fan
- fawner
- flatterer
- flunky
- groupie
- hanger-on
- lackey
- minion
- apple-polisher
- brown-noser
- doter
- kiss-up
- teacher's pet
- yes-person
- apple-polisher
- assenter
- ass-kisser
- bootlicker
- brown-nose
- camp follower
- doormat
- fawner
- flatterer
- flunky
- groveler
- kowtower
- lackey
- minion
- pawn
- puppet
- sheep
- stooge
- sycophant
- toady
- underling
- yes-man
- yes-woman
- adherent
- admirer
- advocate
- backer
- believer
- client
- devotee
- disciple
- fan
- member
- participant
- patron
- supporter
- worshiper
- addict
- apostle
- attendant
- bootlicker
- buff
- cohort
- companion
- convert
- copycat
- fancier
- freak
- hanger-on
- helper
- imitator
- lackey
- minion
- parasite
- partisan
- promoter
- proselyte
- pupil
- representative
- satellite
- sectary
- servant
- sidekick
- stooge
- sycophant
- toady
- vassal
- votary
- zealot
- habitué
- protégé
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- adherent
- adjunct
- aide
- ally
- appointee
- apprentice
- assistant
- attendant
- backer
- backup
- bodyguard
- coadjutor
- cohort
- collaborator
- colleague
- companion
- deputy
- flunky
- friend
- gofer
- hanger-on
- help
- helper
- helpmate
- lackey
- partner
- secretary
- servant
- sidekick
- stooge
- subordinate
- supporter
- coadjutant
- fellow worker
- gal Friday
- girl Friday
- hatchet woman
- man Friday
- right-hand person
- yes-person
On this page you'll find 282 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hanger on, such as: adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, and follower.
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How to use hanger on in a sentence
While still in humble circumstances and obscure, he was a hanger-on in the suit of the Governor of Africa.
MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY, VOL. 1 (OF 4)VARIOUS"I am a bookseller's hanger-on—you are going to try your paces as a hack," Warrington said, with a laugh.
A HISTORY OF PENDENNIS, VOLUME 1WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRupert, his son, was but a penniless hanger-on at the royal court; the manor of Lorne a fire-gutted wreckage.
RALESTONE LUCKANDRE NORTONNor can such a person be a mere fribble; nor can any loose hanger-on of fashion imagine he may assume the character.
THE FITZ-BOODLE PAPERSWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI must be mighty careful or I'll lose my point of view and become a wretched hanger-on at the skirts of these fakers.
THE FASHIONABLE ADVENTURES OF JOSHUA CRAIGDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSThe war between Russia and Turkey tore him away from his pleasant life as an interesting hanger-on.
THE ENEMIES OF WOMENVICENTE BLASCO IBEZExactly; he is just what I said, a capital hanger-on if you like, but still a hanger-on.
SYBILBENJAMIN DISRAELII wasn't enough of a hanger-on to sink into a state of perpetual whining protest, or to commit suicide.
HAPPINESS AND MARRIAGEELIZABETH (JONES) TOWNEHe stood in the pitiful position of a dependent and hanger-on, even with the servants, and his apology meant nothing either.
THE LADY WITH THE DOG AND OTHER STORIESANTON CHEKHOVHe mustn't buy anything without the master's knowledge, nor hide anything from the master, nor have any hanger-on.
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