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butter up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of butter up

to praise too much

a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Synonyms of butter up

adulate, belaud, blarney, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, overpraise, puff, soft-soap, stroke

Words Related to butter up

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

fawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toady

idolize, worship

eulogize, extol (also extoll), laud, praise

applaud, commend, compliment

congratulate, felicitate

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, romance, woo

Near Antonyms of butter up

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, put down

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