| NOUN | person | crawler, sycophant, toady, lackey, ass-kisser | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
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| person | crawler, creeper | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | |
| animal | crawler, earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, dew worm, red worm | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
| Meaning | A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. | |
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| Synonyms | sycophant, toady, lackey, ass-kisser | |
| Narrower | apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
| goody-goody | A person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior | |
| Broader | flatterer, adulator | A person who uses flattery |
| Spanish | adulador, adulón, candongo, cepillero, cobista, lameculos, lavacaras, pelota, pelotero, quitamotas, quitapelillos, sicofanta, sicofante | |
| Catalan | ensabonador, llepacrestes, pilota, raspallador, sicofanta | |
| Verbs | crawl | show submission or fear |
| Meaning | A person who crawls or creeps along the ground. | |
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| Synonym | creeper | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Verbs | crawl | move slowly |
| Meaning | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers. | |
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| Synonyms | earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, dew worm, red worm | |
| Member of | Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta | earthworms |
| Broader | oligochaete, oligochaete worm | hermaphroditic terrestrial / terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
| Spanish | gusano, lombriz | |
| Catalan | cuc de terra, llambric | |
| Verbs | crawl | move slowly |
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