Synonyms for flatter

Most common

wheedle · gloze · stroke someone's ego · blandish

All synonyms

Verb

Antonyms

disparage, offend, defame

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

Related words

Word family

flatterize flatterer flattering flattery

Forms

Past participle

flattered
e.g. flattered → puffed, wheedled, cajoled, soothed…

Example sentences

• wheedle I tried to wheedle him into telling me the answer.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

puff¹, coax¹, fawn¹

5 letters

humor², extol², toady, gloze

6 letters

humour², soothe¹, cajole²

7 letters

palaver, wheedle

8 letters

inveigle, blandish

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

flatter

Italiano

adulare

Català

adular