| Main Entry: | curry favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | butter up |
Synonyms: |
back-scratch, bootlick, brownnose, cajole, court, dance attendance on, fall all over, fawn over, flatter, kiss up to, pay court to, suck up to, sweet-talk, toady to, win over |
| 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: | court |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn over, pay attention to |
Synonyms: |
allure, ask in marriage, attract, beseech, bid, bootlick, captivate, charm, chase, cultivate, curry favor, date, entice, entreat, flatter, follow, gallant, go out with, go steady, go together, go with, grovel, importune, invite, keep company with, make love to, make overture, make time with, pander to, pay addresses to, pay court to, please, pop the question, praise, propose, pursue, run after, seek, seek the hand of, serenade, set one's cap, solicit, spark, spoon, sue, sweetheart, take out, woo |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| 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: | insinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force one's way into |
Synonyms: |
curry favor, edge in, fill in, foist, get in with, horn in, infiltrate, infuse, ingratiate, inject, insert, instill, intercalate, interject, interpose, introduce, muscle in, slip in, wedge in, work in, worm in |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | woo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek as romantic partner |
Synonyms: |
address, aim for, beg, bill and coo, butter up, caress, charm, chase, court, cultivate, curry favor, date, entreat, go steady, importune, keep company, make advances, make love, press one's suit with, propose, pursue, run after, rush, seek in marriage, seek the hand of, set one's cap for, solicit, spark*, spoon |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | apple-polish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
Synonyms: |
bootlick, brown-nose, butter up, curry favor, flatter, grovel, kiss someone's feet, kowtow, lick someone's boots, suck up to, sweet-talk, toady, truckle |