3
lackey(noun, flatterer)
3
puppet(noun, flatterer)
3
soft-soap(verb, acquiesce, court, beg, kowtow)
3
truckle(verb, flatter, court, beg, kowtow)
2
apple-polisher
2
bootlick(verb, flatter, court, beg, kowtow)
2
bootlicker
2
cultivate
2
lickspittle
2
make up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, acquiesce)
2
play
2
romance
2
shine up to(expression, idiom)
2
toady to
2
yes-man
1
abase(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
1
adulate(verb, praise, flatter)
1
ass-licker
1
back-scratcher(noun, flatterer)
1
backscratcher
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