| 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: | 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: | grovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abase, demean oneself |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, beg, beg for mercy, beseech, blandish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up, cater to, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, eat crow, eat dirt, eat humble pie, fall all over, fawn*, flatter, humble oneself, humor, implore, kiss one's feet, kneel, kowtow, make much of, make up to, pamper, play up to, prostrate*, revere, snivel, soft-soap, stoop, suck up to, truckle, wheedle, yes* |
Antonyms: |
boast |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak with overwhelming enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
babble*, blather, carry on about, chatter, effervesce, effuse, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, jabber, make a to-do over, overstate, prate, prattle, rave |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out, flood |
Synonyms: |
brim, bubble over, cascade, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, engulf, fall over, gush, inundate, irrupt, issue, jet, leak, overbrim, overrun, overtop, pour, run over, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spill, spill over, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, surge, swamp, water, wave, well, well over, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | pander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cater to, indulge |
Synonyms: |
brownnose, cajole, fall all over, gratify, lay it on, massage, play the game, play up to, please, politic, satisfy, snow*, soap, soften up, stroke, suck up to |
Antonyms: |
deny, dissatisfy, refuse |
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
be delighted, be excited, be mad about, be wild about, bubble*, carry on about, cry up, effervesce, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, gush, make a to-do, praise, rhapsodize |
Antonyms: |
denounce, discourage |
| Main Entry: | toady |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, be servile, bootlick, brownnose, butter up, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, truckle, woo* |
| Main Entry: | trip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, err |
Synonyms: |
buck, canter, confuse, disconcert, fall over, founder, frolic, go headlong, go wrong, hop, lapse, lope, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, make a faux pas, miscalculate, misstep, pitch, play, plunge, skip, slide, slip, slip on, slip up, sprawl, spring, stumble, throw off, topple, tumble, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
correct, fix |
| Main Entry: | truckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, be servile, bootlick, brownnose, butter up, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, toady, woo* |