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Synonyms for bow and scrape

  • verb

Most common

suck up brown-nose fawn kowtow tug one's forelock

All synonyms

Verb

1. Suck up — to behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner

suck up, brown-nose, fawn, kowtow, toady, bootlick

Other

make a leg UK, tug one's forelock

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

    But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.

Example sentences

  • fawn Gleam is a tan colored fawn owned by Rapunzel.

By length

4 letters
fawn1
5 letters
toady
6 letters
kowtow2
8 letters
bootlick

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (kowtow2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
passer de la pommade