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bootlicking
Overview of verb bootlick
The verb bootlick has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up -- (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss")
Overview of adj bootlicking
The adj bootlicking has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish -- (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery)
2. bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish -- (attempting to win favor by flattery)
Antonyms of verb bootlick
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
=> praise
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
'Cause To' of verb bootlick
Derived Forms of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
RELATED TO>(noun) bootlicker#1
=> apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, ass-kisser
Domain of verb bootlick
Domain Terms of verb bootlick
Familiarity of verb bootlick
bootlick used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
> flatter, blandish
=> soft-soap
=> adulate
=> stroke
=> fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> butter up, brown-nose
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
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Grep of verb bootlick
bootlick
Antonyms of adj bootlicking
2 senses of bootlicking
Sense 1
bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
INDIRECT (VIA insincere) -> sincere
Sense 2
bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
INDIRECT (VIA servile) -> unservile, unsubmissive
Similarity of adj bootlicking
2 senses of bootlicking
Sense 1
bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
=> insincere (vs. sincere)
Sense 2
bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
=> servile (vs. unservile)
Pertainyms of adj bootlicking
Attributes of adj bootlicking
Domain of adj bootlicking
Domain Terms of adj bootlicking
Familiarity of adj bootlicking
bootlicking used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj bootlicking
bootlicking
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