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

This was Stones’ way of repaying the supporters and ingratiating himself with his new public. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

By dint of being more active than Harris – and others – have been, Newsom has been able to ingratiate himself with donors. — Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 16 July 2026

If a debtor refused to coöperate, Pitman might ingratiate himself, explaining, truthfully, that having the key sure would help him out, or that, without it, the lienholder would bundle the cost of making a new one into the price of getting the vehicle out of hock. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

The interview is also likely to touch on how Epstein was able to ingratiate himself with Gates just three years after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 June 2026

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