| 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* |
| 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: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield |
Synonyms: |
accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, give in to, knuckle, knuckleunder, kowtow, obey, submit, succumb, truckle |
Antonyms: |
advance, force, forge |
| 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: | ingratiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get on the good side of someone |
Synonyms: |
attract, blandish, brownnose, captivate, charm, crawl, flatter, get in with, grovel, hand a line, insinuate oneself, kowtow, play up to, seek favor, truckle |
Antonyms: |
deter, disgust, repel |
| Main Entry: | submit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comply, endure |
Synonyms: |
abide, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, appease, be submissive, bend, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, concede, defer, eat crow, fold, give away, give ground, give in, give way, go with the flow, grin and bear it, humor, indulge, knuckle, knuckle under, kowtow, lay down arms, obey, put up with, quit, relent, relinquish, resign oneself, say uncle, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel, toe the line, tolerate, truckle, withstand, yield |
Antonyms: |
disobey, fight, resist |
| 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: | 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 |