Thesaurus:flattery

Thesaurus

flattery

English

Noun

Sense: excessive praise or approval, often insincere

Synonyms

• flattery
• adulation
• ass-kissing (vulgar, slang)
• ass-licking (vulgar, slang)
• blandishment
• gloze
• hoomalimali
• soft sawder
• sooth (obsolete)
• sycophancy

Hypernyms

• courtship    [⇒ thesaurus]
• praise    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “933. flattery” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “flattery” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.