Synonyms for Butter up:

• n.

  •
  • court,
  • honey,
  • crawl,
  • pander to,
  • praise,
  • slaver,
  • kowtow,
  • charm.
  •butter up (noun)
  • brown-nose.

• v.

  •charm someone with flattery (verb)
  • build up,
  • massage,
  • inveigle,
  • sweet-talk,
  • brownnose,
  • stroke,
  • soften,
  • bootlick.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • adulate.
  •grovel
  • pamper.
  •Other relevant words:
  • play,
  • humour,
  • baby,
  • talk,
  • romance,
  • submit,
  • oil,
  • jolly,
  • beguile,
  • soften up,
  • cringe,
  • genuflect,
  • schmooze,
  • soothe,
  • cosset,
  • flannel,
  • quail,
  • make,
  • con,
  • butter,
  • persuade,
  • scrape,
  • make advances to,
  • defer,
  • coddle,
  • wheedle,
  • apple-polish,
  • cower,
  • toady to,
  • dote on,
  • indulge,
  • string along,
  • coax,
  • bow,
  • pay court to,
  • salaam,
  • yield.

Antonyms for Butter up:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    decry, belittle, bad-mouth, disparage, depreciate.