obsequious

Questions about obsequious

What does obsequious mean?

obsequious means "attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obsequious?

obsequious has 4 syllables: ob-seq-ui-ous. The stress falls on "seq". In IPA it is /əbˈsikwiəs/.

What is another word for obsequious?

Close synonyms include bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish. 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 obsequious a common word?

obsequious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.