" sucks (up) "

1: to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior;

  * e.g., " ... a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apple-polishes,

•  bootlicks,

•  fawns,

•  fusses,

•  kowtows,

•  toadies,

•  truckles

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to take in (something liquid) through small openings;

  * e.g., " ... these lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday "

•  Synonyms : 

•  absorbs,

•  drinks,

•  imbibes,

•  soaks (up),

•  sponges,

•  takes up

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in kowtows, fawns;

•  Synonyms : 

•  fawns,

•  kowtows,

•  toadies,

•  blandishes,

•  cajoles,

•  coaxes,

•  sweet-talks,

•  wheedles,

•  idolizes,

•  worships,

•  adulates,

•  belauds,

•  blarneys,

•  butters up,

•  flatters,

•  hero-worships,

•  honeys,

•  massages,

•  overpraises,

•  puffs,

•  soft-soaps,

•  strokes,

•  eulogizes,

•  extols,

•  lauds,

•  praises,

•  applauds,

•  commends,

•  compliments,

•  congratulates,

•  felicitates,

•  drools,

•  gushes,

•  slavers,

•  slobbers,

•  endears,

•  ingratiates,

•  courts,

•  romances,

•  woos

•  Antonyms : 

•  bad-mouths,

•  belittles,

•  decries,

•  depreciates,

•  disparages,

•  puts down