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1 kowtow -- rank: 1000

kowtow definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a former ... the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: kowtow, kotow] v 1: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering ... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Chinese ... forehead in worship or submission. --v.intr. 1 perform the kowtow. 2 (usu. foll. by to) act obsequiously. Etymology: Chin. ketou f. ke knock + tou head Webster's 1913 Dictionary Kowtow Kow*tow", n. & v. i. The same as Kotow. ...

2 kotow -- rank: 440

... the forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: kowtow, kotow] v 1: try to gain favor by cringing or ... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of KOWTOW. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Kotow Ko*tow", n. [Chinese, knock ...

3 genuflect -- rank: 348

... the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Etymology: Late Latin genuflectere ... duck, fall down before, grovel, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, make a leg, make a reverence, make obeisance, nod, salaam ...

4 Scrape -- rank: 348

... the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect] 5: gather (money or other resources) together over time ... inscribe, jam, jangle, jar, keep within compass, kiss, kneel, kneeling, kowtow, lacerate, laceration, lesion, limation, line, lithograph, lower, lower oneself, maim ...

5 Fawn -- rank: 348

... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; "deer fawn" Merriam Webster ... young, hazel, hind, invite, kaama, khaki, kid, kit, kitten, kneel, kowtow, labor, lamb, lambkin, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie in, litter ...

6 toady -- rank: 348

... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] Merriam Webster's I. noun (plural toadies ... flunky, follow, footlicker, grovel, groveler, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kneel, kowtow, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lick the dust, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth ...

7 Truckle -- rank: 348

... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb (truckled; truckling ... over, fawn upon, follow, genuflect, grovel, knuckle down, knuckle under, kowtow, quail, salaam, scrape, submit, succumb, suck up to, tag, tail ...

8 Kneel -- rank: 220

... crouch, curtsy, duck, fall down before, fawn, flatter, genuflect, grovel, kowtow, lick the dust, lickspittle, make a leg, make a reverence ...

9 Inclination -- rank: 220

... innate aptitude, intention, interest, involvement, jaundice, jaundiced eye, kidney, kneeling, kowtow, launching ramp, lay, lean, leaning, leaning tower, liability, lie, liking ...

10 Homage -- rank: 220

... regard, hommage, honor, hyperdulia, idolatry, idolization, idolizing, imperative, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, kudos, latria, laud, laudation, line of duty, lionizing, loyalty, magnification ...

11 Flatter -- rank: 220

... upon, finish, flannel, glorify, grovel, hero-worship, idolize, inveigle, kneel, kowtow, laud, lick the dust, lickspittle, lionize, magnify, make fair weather ...

12 Duck -- rank: 220

... immersion, individual, inundate, inundation, jasper, jib, jink, joker, kneel, kneeling, kowtow, lad, lamb, lambkin, life, living soul, loser, love, lover, make ...

13 Grovel -- rank: 220

... hunch down, inch, inch along, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, lay, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat ...

14 Genuflection -- rank: 220

... scraping, crouch, curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, presenting arms, prostration, reverence ...

15 suck up -- rank: 220

... always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary You say that ...