Synonyms of bootlicking

bootlicking

verb

present participle of bootlick

as in fussing

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

• fussing
• toadying
• fawning
• drooling
• kowtowing
• truckling
• sucking (up)
• submitting
• courting
• currying favor
• worshiping
• deferring
• slobbering
• apple-polishing
• slavering
• ingratiating
• wooing
• grovelling
• gushing
• kissing up to
• worshipping
• cringing
• endearing
• coaxing
• groveling
• cowering
• cajoling
• flattering
• idolizing
• adulating
• debasing
• demeaning
• yielding
• abasing
• blandishing
• overpraising
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• despising
• disdaining
• scorning
• jeering
• scoffing
• challenging
• defying
• gibing
• jibing
• braving