Synonyms of massages

massages

verb

present tense third-person singular of massage

as in strokes

to praise too much

a candidate who knows that you have to massage the voters if you want to get elected

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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