Synonyms of fawns

fawns

verb

present tense third-person singular of fawn

as in fusses

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

a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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