Synonyms of bootlicked

bootlicked

verb

past tense of bootlick

as in fussed

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

the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fussed
• truckled
• sucked (up)
• drooled
• toadied
• curried favor
• fawned
• kowtowed
• submitted
• kissed up to
• apple-polished
• deferred
• courted
• worshiped
• slavered
• wooed
• gushed
• worshipped
• coaxed
• slobbered
• blandished
• endeared
• cringed
• ingratiated
• idolized
• cajoled
• cowered
• flattered
• adulated
• grovelled
• yielded
• overpraised
• debased
• groveled
• demeaned
• soft-soaped
• abased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• despised
• disdained
• scorned
• scoffed
• jeered
• challenged
• braved
• gibed
• defied
• jibed