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Synonyms of fawn

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Another word for fawn is deerling. Other synonyms of fawn are grovel, wheedle, soft-soap, toady and apple-polish.

Synonyms and similar words for fawn

nounA young deer.

  • deerlingA small, young, or baby deer; fawn.

verbTo seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.

  • grovel
  • wheedle
  • soft-soapTo attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.
  • toadyTo behave like a toady (toward someone).
  • apple-polish USTo attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.
  • bootlickTo seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
  • bow and scrapeTo behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
  • brownnoseTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.
  • butter upTo flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
  • dickride vulgarTo behave in a submissive, subservient, or overflattering manner toward.
  • duchess AustraliaTo court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
  • fawn overTo praise excessively in order to get a favor.
  • fellate figuratively, vulgarTo suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to.
  • flannelTo flatter; to suck up to.
  • honey around figurativelyTo cajole or sweet-talk (someone); to hang out around (someone) as a yes-man or toady.
  • kiss someone's ass vulgarTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion to gain their...
  • kiss someone's ringTo give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone.
  • kiss upTo pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.
  • kowtow figuratively
  • lick someone's ass vulgarTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.
  • lick someone's balls vulgarTo act in a subservient manner; to suck up to.
  • overflatterTo flatter unduly or excessively; to overpraise.
  • overpraiseTo do so toward a person.
  • overrateTo esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.
  • suck upTo absorb (fluid).
  • honey up dated, figurativelyTo cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).

Meaning of fawn

  1. noun A young deer.
  2. noun A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
  3. noun The young of an animal; a whelp.

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Questions about synonyms of fawn

What is another word for fawn?
Fawn has 27 synonyms on Word.ws, such as deerling, grovel, wheedle, soft-soap, toady, apple-polish, bootlick and bow and scrape.
What does fawn mean?
Fawn means a young deer.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fawn (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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