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bootlick

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bootlick

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

the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead

Synonyms of bootlick

apple-polish, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), toady, truckle

Words Related to bootlick

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

adulate, idolize, worship

blandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap

cower, cringe, grovel

abase, debase, demean

defer, submit, yield

Phrases Synonymous with bootlick

curry favor, kiss up to

Near Antonyms of bootlick

despise, disdain, scorn

gibe (or jibe), jeer, scoff

brave, challenge, defy

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