Synonyms for fawn
verb
cringe, flatter, court, grovel, crouch, bow, stoop, kneel, creep, fall on one's knees, curry favor, toady, truckle, kowtow; see also grovel.
See fawn in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
fawn 1apple-polish bootlick kowtow slaver 1toady truckle
These verbs mean to curry favor by behaving obsequiously and submissively: fawned on her superior; students apple-polishing the teacher; bootlicked to get a promotion; lawyers kowtowing to a judge; slavered over his rich uncle; toadying to members of the club; nobles truckling to the king.
See fawn in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:
bootlick, cringe, grovel, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle. (Informal) apple-polish, brownnose, cotton. (Slang) suck up. Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots. See over
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