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timeserver
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timeserver, n.
One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
timeserver
Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, Vicar of Bray, apple-polisher, archtraitor, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, betrayer, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, careerist, chameleon, clawback, cockatrice, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, courtier, creature, cringer, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, dupe, egotist, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, formalist, fortune hunter, groveler, handshaker, helot, hog, individualist, informer, instrument, intrigant, intriguer, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, lone wolf, loner, machinator, mealymouth, minion, monopolist, narcissist, peon, plotter, puppet, quisling, rat, road hog, schemer, self-advancer, self-pleaser, self-seeker, self-server, serf, serpent, slave, snake, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, temporizer, timepleaser, toad, toady, tool, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, truckler, tufthunter, turncoat, weathercock, yes-manROGET THESAURUS
timeserver
Servility
N servility, slavery, obsequiousness, subserviency, abasement, prostration, prosternation, genuflection, fawning, tuft- hunting, timeserving, flunkeyism, sycophancy, humility, sycophant, parasite, toad, toady, toad-eater, tufthunter, snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight, timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir- Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank, flatterer, doer of dirty work, ame damnee, tool, reptile, slave, courtier, beat, dead beat, doughface, heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler, servile, obsequious, supple, supple as a glove, soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed, beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical, abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones, base, mean, sneaking, crouching, hat in hand, cap in hand.For further exploring for "timeserver" in Webster Dictionary Online