Synonyms of curries favor

curries favor

phrase

present tense third-person singular of curry favor

as in fusses

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

She would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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