Synonyms of butters up

butters up

verb

present tense third-person singular of butter up

as in praises

to praise too much

a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praises
• massages
• congratulates
• commends
• overpraises
• applauds
• soft-soaps
• strokes
• belauds
• adulates
• puffs
• sucks (up to)
• blarneys
• flatters
• honeys
• blandishes
• coaxes
• wheedles
• hero-worships
• woos
• cajoles
• compliments
• extolls
• eulogizes
• fawns
• idolizes
• kowtows
• extols
• sweet-talks
• felicitates
• toadies
• ingratiates
• lauds
• worships
• romances
• endears
• gushes
• courts
• slobbers
• slavers
• drools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puts down
• depreciates
• decries
• disparages
• belittles
• bad-mouths