Adulate
Adulate verb - To love or admire too much.
Bootlick
Bootlick verb - To use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior.
Usage example: the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead
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Bootlick and Adulate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adulate/bootlick
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Bootlick or Adulate. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adulate/bootlick.
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