Synonyms of sucks (up)

sucks (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of suck (up)

1

as in fusses

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

a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in soaks (up)

to take in (something liquid) through small openings

these lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaks (up)
• drinks
• absorbs
• takes up
• swallows
• sponges
• imbibes
• sips
• gulps
• slurps
• quaffs
• swigs
• guzzles
• swills