Synonyms of kowtowing

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adjective

as in subordinate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subordinate
• fawning
• servile
• obsequious
• subservient
• slavish
• obedient
• obeisant
• submissive
• docile
• compliant
• acquiescent
• amenable
• dutiful
• surrendering
• conformable
• amiable
• yielding
• tractable
• agreeable
• obliging
• biddable
• law-abiding
• restrained
• inhibited
• decorous
• repressed
• duteous
• orderly
• disciplined
• constrained
• placable
• mannerly
• controllable
• meek
• soft
• tame
• manageable
• mild
• gentle
• curbed
• teachable
• trainable
• disciplinable
• governable
• handleable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obstinate
• stubborn
• mutinous
• unyielding
• peevish
• insurgent
• obdurate
• resistant
• uncontrollable
• dogged
• mulish
• headstrong
• wild
• hardheaded
• defiant
• unmanageable
• perverse
• pigheaded
• bad
• errant
• naughty
• balky
• mischievous
• disorderly
• self-willed
• disrespectful
• dissident
• undisciplined
• insolent
• nonconformist
• impudent
• recalcitrant
• rude
• contrary
• refractory
• wilful
• misbehaving
• impolite
• insubordinate
• willful
• rebellious
• disobedient
• unruly
• wayward
• intractable
• obstreperous
• contumacious
• restive
• untoward
• noncompliant
• rebel
• ungovernable
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered
• unamenable
• incompliant
• froward

kowtowing

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verb

present participle of kowtow

as in fussing

to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior

you can try kowtowing to the boss, but he'll see right through you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fussing
• fawning
• toadying
• truckling
• drooling
• bootlicking
• courting
• submitting
• deferring
• currying favor
• sucking (up)
• worshiping
• apple-polishing
• wooing
• slavering
• ingratiating
• slobbering
• kissing up to
• gushing
• grovelling
• worshipping
• cringing
• coaxing
• cowering
• cajoling
• idolizing
• groveling
• endearing
• yielding
• flattering
• adulating
• debasing
• demeaning
• abasing
• overpraising
• blandishing
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• despising
• disdaining
• scorning
• jeering
• scoffing
• defying
• challenging
• braving
• gibing
• jibing