Synonyms of butters up

butters up

verb

present tense third-person singular of butter up

as in overpraises

to praise too much

a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overpraises
• belauds
• massages
• adulates
• congratulates
• praises
• honeys
• strokes
• applauds
• blarneys
• commends
• puffs
• soft-soaps
• blandishes
• flatters
• coaxes
• hero-worships
• wheedles
• fawns
• toadies
• compliments
• cajoles
• sucks (up to)
• woos
• kowtows
• eulogizes
• idolizes
• felicitates
• sweet-talks
• ingratiates
• extols
• romances
• slavers
• extolls
• lauds
• worships
• courts
• endears
• gushes
• slobbers
• drools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depreciates
• decries
• puts down
• disparages
• belittles
• bad-mouths

• depreciates
• decries
• puts down
• disparages
• belittles
• bad-mouths