butter up

Speech parts

1. butter up - Verb

2. butter up - Phrase

Meaning

flatter with the intention of getting something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

brown-nose blarney coquet court gas praise humor please cultivate crawl flatter compliment coax woo glorify
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Antonyms

miff wound provoke slag taunt disrespect
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Hypernyms

flatter blandish

Words in the phrase

butter up

Close letter words and terms

butter tofu butter tooth butter tree butter up to Butter Week butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth