Synonyms of kisses up to

kisses up to

phrase

present tense third-person singular of kiss up to

as in bootlicks

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

He was always kissing up to his professors.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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