Thesaurus:flattery
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: excessive praise or approval, often insincere
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- flattery
- adulation
- ass-kissing (vulgar, slang)
- ass-licking (vulgar, slang)
- blandishment
- gloze
- hoomalimali
- soft sawder
- sooth (obsolete)
- sycophancy
Hypernyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “933. flattery” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “flattery” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.