brown-nose

Speech parts

1. brown-nose - Noun

2. brown-nose - Verb

Meaning

flatter with the intention of getting something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

butter up lackey court praise humor cultivate crawl creep flatter compliment flannel fawn stoop spaniel cower
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Antonyms

bash ream attack rag chastise chasten
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Hypernyms

flatter blandish

Close letter words and terms

brown-headed jewel-babbler brown-headed spider monkey brown-necked raven brown-nosed brown-noser brown-noses