Janus

Janus synonyms

hanger-on compare Janus and hanger-on
Vicar of Bray compare Janus and Vicar of Bray
time-server compare Janus and time-server
kowtower compare Janus and kowtower
hypocrite compare Janus and hypocrite
sycophant compare Janus and sycophant
equivocator compare Janus and equivocator
crawler compare Janus and crawler
suck-up compare Janus and suck-up
bootlicker compare Janus and bootlicker
toady compare Janus and toady
truckler compare Janus and truckler
double-dealer compare Janus and double-dealer
spaniel compare Janus and spaniel
trimmer compare Janus and trimmer
yes-man compare Janus and yes-man
leech compare Janus and leech
tergiversator compare Janus and tergiversator
fawner compare Janus and fawner
puppet compare Janus and puppet
snake in the grass compare Janus and snake in the grass
minion compare Janus and minion
groveler compare Janus and groveler
John compare Janus and John

Janus definitions

name

  • Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine. 

  • A moon of Saturn. 

  • A two-faced person, a hypocrite. 

  • The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions. 

  • Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.