apple polisher

1. 1.

   someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

   Synonymsbootlickerfawnergrovellergrovelertruckler

   Broadersycophant

Questions about apple polisher

What does apple polisher mean?

apple polisher means "someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect".

What is another word for apple polisher?

Close synonyms include bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apple polisher a common word?

apple polisher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.