Dictionary Definition
backslapper n : someone who demonstrates
enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
Usage notes
Often used at least mildly pejoratively.Synonyms
- sycophant (always pejorative)
Translations
- Icelandic: axlaklappari , mjög viðkunnanlegur maður (of a man), mjög viðkunnanleg kona (of a woman); yfirmáta kumpánalegur maður (of a man), yfirmáta kumpánaleg kona (of a woman)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adulator, apple-polisher,
ass-licker, backscratcher, blarneyer, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose,
brownie, cajoler, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, groveler, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, wheedler, yes-man