Synonyms for Brown-nose:

• n.

  •
  • pander to,
  • court,
  • be on your best behavior,
  • crawl,
  • charm,
  • kiss someone's ass.
  •flatterer (noun)
  • lackey,
  • back-scratcher,
  • sycophant,
  • dupe,
  • fawner,
  • groveler,
  • puppet,
  • boot-licker,
  • jackal,
  • flatterer.

• v.

  •adulate (verb)
  • apple polish,
  • fawn,
  • praise,
  • worship.
  •apple-polish (verb)
  • toady,
  • curry favor,
  • sweet-talk.
  •communication (verb)
  • brown-nose.
  •grovel (verb)
  • wheedle,
  • bootlick,
  • eat crow,
  • kneel,
  • make much of,
  • eat humble pie,
  • beseech,
  • cater to,
  • make up to,
  • snivel,
  • kiss one's feet,
  • crouch,
  • yes,
  • beg,
  • suck up to,
  • apple-polish,
  • bow and scrape,
  • pamper,
  • truckle,
  • stoop,
  • prostrate,
  • revere,
  • humble oneself,
  • play up to,
  • cower,
  • eat dirt,
  • beg for mercy,
  • creep,
  • cringe,
  • implore,
  • humor,
  • soft-soap.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shark,
  • con woman,
  • shyster,
  • impostor,
  • varlet,
  • charmer,
  • shill,
  • smoothie,
  • four-flusher,
  • wheeler dealer,
  • kowtow,
  • viper,
  • balancing act,
  • kiss up to,
  • charlatan,
  • con artist,
  • liar,
  • trickster,
  • rogue,
  • politician,
  • huckster,
  • sleazebag,
  • apple polisher,
  • cheat,
  • suck up,
  • pharisee,
  • fox,
  • kiss-ass,
  • rascal,
  • bottom feeder,
  • fraud,
  • hypocrite,
  • CONMAN,
  • scoundrel,
  • mountebank,
  • manipulator,
  • propitiate,
  • grifter,
  • weasel.
  •
  • fixer,
  • fake,
  • sham,
  • fiddler,
  • humbug,
  • knave,
  • crook,
  • adventurer,
  • sleaze.
  •
  • operator,
  • lay on.
  •flatter
  • adulate.
  •grovel
  • caters to,
  • humoring,
  • eating humble pie,
  • Humored,
  • groveling,
  • catered to,
  • grovelling,
  • making much of,
  • soft-soaping,
  • catering to,
  • soft-soaped,
  • yeses.
  •Other relevant words:
  • toad,
  • flunky,
  • woo,
  • minion,
  • serf,
  • be obsequious,
  • yield,
  • fawn upon,
  • ass-licker,
  • toady to,
  • bootlicker,
  • helot,
  • stooge,
  • oil,
  • genuflect,
  • lick boots,
  • slave,
  • shine up to,
  • salaam,
  • handshake,
  • Cringer,
  • make advances to,
  • kowtower,
  • clawback,
  • scrape,
  • peon,
  • brownie,
  • tool,
  • bow,
  • romance,
  • handshaker,
  • backscratcher,
  • cultivate,
  • submit,
  • leech,
  • parasite,
  • yes-man,
  • ingratiate oneself with,
  • pay court to,
  • menial,
  • Tufthunter,
  • boot-lick,
  • backslapper,
  • lickspittle,
  • courtier,
  • defer,
  • flannel,
  • work on,
  • footlicker,
  • suck,
  • quail,
  • creature,
  • spaniel,
  • compliment,
  • play,
  • truckler,
  • instrument,
  • timeserver,
  • time-server.

Antonyms for Brown-nose:

• v.

  • grovel
    straighten, answer, boast, ignore.

Hyponym for Brown-nose:

• v.

  • communication
    blandish, flatter.