I need one word for "buttering her up." Thesaurus.com is useless.?

Answer 1

Here are three possibilities:

flatter, wheedle, cajole

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Words that (probably) won't work for you:

- praise, adulate - do not suggest any manipulation or dishonesty

- fawn, kowtow - might possibly work, but suggest submissive ('obsequious') behavior NOT typically involved in "buttering up", and are more about trying to gain someone's favor, not necessarily to manipulate to get one's own way

- schmooze - maybe, but not if you are looking for a specific goal ('buttering up' and the other words listed at the start, imply there is a specific thing you are seeking to gain from them; schmooze is more general... socializing to get on someone's good side... for possible benefit in the future)

Answer 2

Greasing. Courting. Tenderizing. Plying. Fawning.

Answer 3

You "butter up" someone with excessive and disingenuous flattery in order to get something from them for yourself in return. There is a uncomfortable sense of "greasiness" to the term "butter up" that is consistent with the dishonesty of trying to hide your true intentions in this process. I think another word that conveys a similar sense of uneasiness about your behavior and intentions in how you are trying to manipulate someone by your interactions with them is SCHMOOZE.

Answer 4

Obsequity

Answer 5

flatter
blandish
adulate
praise
compliment
Butter up=praise or flatter someone excessively. Seek a favour by excessive praise

Answer 6

prepare, arrange, contrive, devise, ready

Answer 7

flatter

Answer 8

bootlicking

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