Synonyms of lap (up)

lap (up)

verb

as in to welcome

to receive or accept gladly or readily

a show-off who laps up attention the way a kitten does milk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• welcome
• embrace
• eat (up)
• drink (in)
• greet
• enjoy
• like
• hail
• take up
• adopt
• prefer
• choose
• decide (on)
• espouse
• opt (for)
• select
• single (out)
• elect
• pick
• take
• name
• cull
• handpick
• cherry-pick

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pass up
• turn down
• refuse
• reject
• object (to)
• decline
• balk (at)
• spurn
• throw over
• demur (to)