Synonyms of apple-polishes

apple-polishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of apple-polish

as in fusses

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

a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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