Synonyms of ingratiate

ingratiate

verb

as in to appease

often disapproving to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like

She has tried to ingratiate herself with voters by promising a tax cut.

Related Words

• appease
• comfort
• console
• placate
• satisfy
• mollify
• propitiate
• pacify
• conciliate
• disarm
• assuage
• endear (to)
• soothe
• gratify
• tranquilize
• content
• please
• calm
• delight
• flatter
• gladden
• satiate
• cajole
• hush
• overpraise
• gentle
• coax
• quiet
• wheedle
• indulge
• sate
• cater (to)
• humor
• adulate
• quench
• soft-soap
• coddle
• pamper
• sweet-talk
• sweeten
• blandish
• baby
• kowtow
• blarney
• spoil
• mollycoddle
• truckle
• bootlick
• suck (up)
• toady
• dulcify
• apple-polish
• fuss

Dissimilar Words

• antagonize
• annoy
• irritate
• aggravate
• get
• rile
• bother
• put out
• provoke
• cross
• irk
• rouse
• vex
• burn (up)
• exasperate
• rankle
• pique
• bug
• ruffle
• chafe
• gall
• harass
• grate
• persecute
• pester
• disturb
• roil
• upset
• unsettle
• agitate
• offend
• perturb
• distress
• discomfort
• worry
• harry
• insult
• slight
• nettle
• peeve
• fret
• affront
• anger
• infuriate
• inflame
• unhinge
• outrage
• enrage
• ire
• incense
• madden

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ingratiate

Great opportunity for Patterson here, get ‘em at the Update desk — a tactic Bill Murray famously tried in an attempt to ingratiate himself after a bumpy start as a cast member. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026

Hüller was to play a woman disguising herself as a male soldier in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, ingratiating herself in a small Protestant village. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

There was a hope that Harry and Meghan would keep their heads down and ingratiate themselves back into British life. — Janelle Ash , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Netflix’s decision to lift the veil on box office is a way of ingratiating itself with exhibition and the motion picture talent community. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

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