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Synonyms & Antonyms of butter
excessive praise
- a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag
Synonyms for butter
- adulation,
- blarney,
- flannel
- [British],
- flattery,
- incense,
- overpraise,
- soft soap,
- sweet talk,
- taffy
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