Synonyms of fawns

fawns

verb

present tense third-person singular of fawn

as in fusses

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

a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fusses
• toadies
• drools
• truckles
• bootlicks
• kowtows
• courts
• curries favor
• apple-polishes
• slobbers
• gushes
• slavers
• ingratiates
• submits
• kisses up to
• woos
• defers
• idolizes
• coaxes
• adulates
• endears
• cringes
• cajoles
• cowers
• worships
• flatters
• blandishes
• yields
• overpraises
• sucks (up)
• grovels
• abases
• debases
• demeans
• soft-soaps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disdains
• despises
• scorns
• scoffs
• braves
• challenges
• gibes
• jeers
• jibes
• defies

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• disdains
• despises
• scorns
• scoffs
• braves
• challenges
• gibes
• jeers
• jibes
• defies

See More