Synonyms for Play up to:

• v.

  •abase, demean oneself (verb)
  • grovel.
  •allay (verb)
  • decrease,
  • take the bite out,
  • lighten,
  • abate,
  • mitigate,
  • assuage,
  • take the sting out,
  • make nice,
  • moderate,
  • quiet,
  • cool out,
  • calm,
  • ease,
  • lessen,
  • pacify,
  • pour oil on,
  • mollify,
  • alleviate,
  • square,
  • compose.
  •attempt to coax; flatter (verb)
  • cajole.
  •cajole (verb)
  • butter up,
  • inveigle,
  • beguile,
  • suck up to,
  • get around,
  • spread it on,
  • induce,
  • massage,
  • wheedle,
  • work over,
  • tantalize,
  • mislead,
  • crowd,
  • influence,
  • entice,
  • lure,
  • lay it on thick,
  • con,
  • soften,
  • brownnose,
  • bootlick,
  • apple polish,
  • sweeten up,
  • work on,
  • banter,
  • oil,
  • blandish,
  • hand a line,
  • get next to,
  • delude,
  • urge,
  • push,
  • sweet-talk,
  • seduce,
  • soft-soap,
  • soap,
  • stroke,
  • jolly,
  • snow,
  • entrap,
  • tempt,
  • rub the right way,
  • argue into,
  • deceive,
  • dupe,
  • build up,
  • decoy.
  •cater to, indulge (verb)
  • pander.
  •coddle (verb)
  • caress,
  • baby,
  • nurse,
  • spoil,
  • favor,
  • mollycoddle,
  • cosset,
  • make over,
  • cater to,
  • cotton,
  • make much of,
  • humor,
  • pet.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • bolster,
  • encourage,
  • discipline,
  • train,
  • enrich,
  • better,
  • take pains with,
  • ameliorate,
  • get in with,
  • promote,
  • seek friendship,
  • run after,
  • advance,
  • polish,
  • refine,
  • nourish,
  • bring on,
  • shine up to,
  • nurture,
  • improve,
  • cherish,
  • develop,
  • get on good side of,
  • further,
  • court,
  • foster,
  • elevate,
  • civilize.
  •fawn (verb)
  • buddy up,
  • kneel,
  • stoop,
  • fall all over,
  • fall on one's knees,
  • scrape,
  • bow,
  • creep,
  • lay it on,
  • toady,
  • yield,
  • woo,
  • abase,
  • apple-polish,
  • kowtow,
  • truckle,
  • honey up,
  • be servile,
  • crawl,
  • slaver,
  • be obsequious,
  • pay court,
  • submit,
  • defer,
  • cower,
  • curry favor,
  • cave in to,
  • lick boots,
  • crouch,
  • cringe,
  • debase,
  • be at beck and call,
  • invite.
  •flatter (verb)
  • charm,
  • adulate,
  • praise,
  • sell,
  • overpraise,
  • salve,
  • fawn,
  • Beslaver,
  • glorify.
  •grovel (verb)
  • implore,
  • humble oneself,
  • yes,
  • beseech,
  • eat humble pie,
  • beg,
  • snivel,
  • eat crow,
  • prostrate,
  • kiss one's feet,
  • brown-nose,
  • beg for mercy,
  • eat dirt,
  • pamper,
  • bow and scrape,
  • revere.
  •indulge, pamper (verb)
  • coddle.
  •ingratiate (verb)
  • attract,
  • seek favor,
  • captivate,
  • insinuate oneself.
  •inveigle (verb)
  • bait,
  • persuade,
  • rope in,
  • egg on,
  • sweet talk,
  • ensnare,
  • butter,
  • lead on,
  • overdo it,
  • string along,
  • bamboozle,
  • allure,
  • toll,
  • coax,
  • honey,
  • hook,
  • soften up.
  •pander (verb)
  • play the game,
  • please,
  • satisfy,
  • politic,
  • gratify.
  •placate (verb)
  • conciliate,
  • reconcile,
  • appease,
  • propitiate,
  • cheer,
  • comfort,
  • tranquilize,
  • make peace,
  • sweeten,
  • make up,
  • soft-pedal,
  • win over.
  •pursue (verb)
  • chase after,
  • go after,
  • address,
  • date,
  • call,
  • chase,
  • pay attention,
  • sue,
  • go for,
  • spark,
  • sweetheart,
  • rush.
  •soothe (verb)
  • cool off,
  • smooth down,
  • hush,
  • balm,
  • lull,
  • calm down,
  • untrouble,
  • patch things up,
  • quieten,
  • still,
  • unburden,
  • console,
  • dulcify,
  • help,
  • settle,
  • take the edge off,
  • relieve,
  • becalm,
  • subdue,
  • cool.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • sweettalk.
  •tempt (verb)
  • draw out,
  • fascinate,
  • test,
  • provoke,
  • turn one's head,
  • make mouth water,
  • incite,
  • draw,
  • appeal to,
  • move,
  • rouse,
  • solicit,
  • instigate,
  • motivate,
  • risk,
  • whet,
  • try,
  • dare,
  • intrigue,
  • mousetrap,
  • stimulate.
  •toady (verb)
  • kiss-up,
  • scratch one's back.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bribe,
  • buy,
  • cozy up,
  • buy off,
  • flatter,
  • keep in with,
  • cultivate,
  • blackmail,
  • maneuver,
  • make up to.
  •flatter
  • Overpraising,
  • overpraises,
  • overpraised.
  •grovel
  • grovelling,
  • brown-nosing,
  • groveling,
  • kiss feet,
  • eating humble pie,
  • yeses.
  •inveigle
  • Buttered,
  • Honeying,
  • roped in,
  • led on,
  • Buttering,
  • honied,
  • Inveigling,
  • leads on.
  •pander
  • playing the game,
  • politicking.
  •pursue
  • sweethearted,
  • pursuing,
  • paid attention,
  • Sweethearting,
  • paying attention.
  •soothe
  • unburdened,
  • unburdens,
  • cooling off,
  • untroubling,
  • Soothed,
  • soothing,
  • unburdening,
  • balmed.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • make advances,
  • pay addresses to,
  • pay court to,
  • flannel,
  • ingratiate,
  • play,
  • allay,
  • boot-lick,
  • act up to,
  • dance attendance on,
  • break the ice,
  • fall over,
  • handshake,
  • agree to anything,
  • toady to,
  • pursue,
  • polish the apple,
  • compliment,
  • fawn upon,
  • soothe,
  • ingratiate oneself with,
  • approach,
  • blarney,
  • placate.

Antonyms for Play up to:

• v.

  • allay
    incite, intensify, aggravate, increase, agitate, enlarge, provoke, worry, irritate, upset, worsen, stir.
  • cajole
    discourage, bully, force, repulse, dissuade, repel, disenchant, turn off, disgust.
  • coddle
    ignore, turn away, neglect.
  • cultivate
    condemn, decrease, stop, hurt, damage, abandon, destroy, halt.
  • fawn
    reject, fight, refuse, honor, deny.
  • flatter
    offend, insult, criticize, denounce, belittle, mismatch, castigate.
  • grovel
    answer, straighten, boast.
  • ingratiate
    deter.
  • inveigle
    let go, prevent, free, be honest, release, liberate.
  • pander
    annoy, dissatisfy, anger, frustrate, disturb, disappoint.
  • placate
    trouble.
  • pursue
    eschew, retreat, discontinue, shun, run away, give up.
  • soothe
    bring down, distress, arouse, move, excite, depress.
  • tempt
    delight, dull, bore, please, hinder, dishearten.