Bootlick and Scoff

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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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Scoff is an antonym for bootlick.

Scoff verb - To swallow or eat greedily.

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Bootlick is an antonym for scoff.

Nearby Words: scoffing, scoffed, scoffer

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Scoff and Bootlick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootlick/scoff

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