| Main Entry: | brownnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suck up to |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, back-scratch, bootlick, curry favor, fawn on, flatter, get on the right side of, kiss ass, scratch one's back, suck up to, toady |
| Main Entry: | adulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, brown-nose, fall all over, fawn, gush, kiss feet, praise, worship |
| Main Entry: | brownnoser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant, toady |
Synonyms: |
apple-polisher, ass-kisser, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnose, doter, fawner, flatterer, flunky, kiss-ass, kowtower, lackey, minion, teacher's pet, yes-man, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
bully, force, repel |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, blench, bootlick, brownnose, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow, quail, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady, tremble, truckle, wince |
Antonyms: |
come out |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble oneself |
Synonyms: |
abase oneself, apple-polish, brownnose, cringe, fawn, grovel, toady, truckle |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enrich situation; give special attention |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose, butter up, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, get in with, get next to, get on good side of, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, play up to, polish, promote, refine, run after, seek friendship, shine up to, suck up to, take pains with, train |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
Synonyms: |
abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose, buddy up, butter up, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady, truckle, woo*, yield |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
| Main Entry: | flatterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complimenter |
Synonyms: |
apple polisher, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker, brownnose, cajoler, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, puffer, sweet talker, sycophant, teacher's pet, toady, yes-person |