Synonyms for ingratiating
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Obsequious
obsequious, smarmy, unctuous, sycophantic, chummy, flattering, honeyed, sucky, toadyish, soapy
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.
Example sentences
- smarmy Her smarmy remark left a bad taste in my mouth.
- obsequious Obsequious people make me feel uncomfortable.
- unctuous They resented how his unctuous flattery tended to obtrude into serious meetings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ingratiating | steady | |
| smarmy | rising | |
| sycophantic | rising | |
| obsequious | rising | |
| unctuous | rising | |
| ingratiatory | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- soapy2, sucky
- 6 letters
- chummy2, smarmy2
- 7 letters
- honeyed
- 8 letters
- unctuous2, toadyish
- 10 letters
- flattering3, obsequious4
- 11 letters
- sycophantic4
- 12 letters
- ingratiatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (soapy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- doucereux
- Español
- empalagoso
- Deutsch
- süßlich