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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Synonyms for Bootlick
Ingratiate and bootlick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ingratiate" instead a verb "Bootlick".
Ingratiate
Ingratiate verb - Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts.
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Synonyms for Ingratiate
Bootlick and ingratiate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bootlick" instead a verb "Ingratiate".
Nearby Words: ingratiating, ingratiatingly
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Related pairs
- adulate and bootlick
- adulate and ingratiate
- blandish and bootlick
- blandish and ingratiate
- attract and bootlick
- attract and ingratiate
- toady and bootlick
- toady and ingratiate
- flatter and bootlick
- flatter and ingratiate
- kowtow and bootlick
- kowtow and ingratiate
- grovel and bootlick
- grovel and ingratiate
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