You don't need to flatter your boss.
Source: tatoeba (69767)
Flatter
//ˈflætɚ//
Synonyms for "flatter" (116 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (58)
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7 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
129 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lajkatoj verb (to compliment someone)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κολακεύω verb (to compliment someone)
Arabic
1 entries- تَمَلَّقَ verb (to compliment someone)
Asturian
3 entries- afalagar verb (to compliment someone)
- afalagar verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- combayar verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Belarusian
3 entries- ле́сціць verb (to compliment someone)
- ліслі́віць verb (to compliment someone)
- лісьці́ць verb (to compliment someone)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ласка́я verb (to compliment someone)
- лаская verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- превъзнасям verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- превъзнасям verb (to portray something to advantage)
Catalan
4 entries- adular verb (to compliment someone)
- afalagar verb (to compliment someone)
- afavorir verb (to portray something to advantage)
- llagotejar verb (to compliment someone)
Chinese
2 entries- 扶挺 verb (to compliment someone)
- 諂媚 /谄媚 verb (to compliment someone)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 奉承 verb (to compliment someone)
- 討好 /讨好 verb (to compliment someone)
- 阿谀 verb (to compliment someone)
Czech
2 entries- lichotit verb (to compliment someone)
- pochlebovat verb (to compliment someone)
Dutch
2 entries- complimenteren verb (to compliment someone)
- vleien verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Esperanto
1 entries- flati verb (to compliment someone)
Finnish
4 entries- imarrella verb (to compliment someone)
- imarrella verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- kaunistella verb (to portray something to advantage)
- mielistellä verb (to compliment someone)
French
3 entries- flatter verb (to compliment someone)
- flatter verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- flatter verb (to portray something to advantage)
Galician
3 entries- afagar verb (to compliment someone)
- aloumiñar verb (to compliment someone)
- aloumiñar verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
German
4 entries- anbiedern verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- anbiedern verb (to portray something to advantage)
- einschmeicheln verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- schmeicheln verb (to compliment someone)
Greek
2 entries- κολακεύω verb (to compliment someone)
- κολακεύω verb (to portray something to advantage)
Hebrew
1 entries- החמיא verb (to compliment someone)
Hungarian
4 entries- hiteget verb (cheer someone with false hope)
- hízeleg verb (to compliment someone)
- kedvező színben tüntet fel verb (to portray something to advantage)
- legyezgeti a hiúságát verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Irish
2 entries- bladair verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- cuach verb (to compliment someone)
Italian
4 entries- adulare verb (to compliment someone)
- blandire verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- compiacere verb (to portray something to advantage)
- incantare verb (to portray something to advantage)
Japanese
3 entries- 諂う verb (to compliment someone)
- 諂媚する verb (to compliment someone)
- 追従する verb (to compliment someone)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- ùoh verb (to compliment someone)
- ùoh verb (to compliment someone)
Korean
4 entries- 아부하다 verb (to compliment someone)
- 아첨하다 verb (to compliment someone)
- 알랑거리다 verb (to compliment someone)
- 치켜세우다 verb (to compliment someone)
Latin
3 entries- adulor verb (to compliment someone)
- blandior verb (to compliment someone)
- blandior verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- blimmelen verb (to compliment someone)
Macedonian
1 entries- ласка verb (to compliment someone)
Māori
2 entries- ene verb (to compliment someone)
- patipati verb (to compliment someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- smigre verb (to compliment someone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- smigre verb (to compliment someone)
Occitan
2 entries- adular verb (to compliment someone)
- flatar verb (to compliment someone)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- лестити verb (to compliment someone)
- льстити verb (to compliment someone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قولتقلامق verb (to compliment someone)
Polish
4 entries- gładzik kowalski noun (hammer)
- pochlebiać verb (to compliment someone)
- pochlebiać verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- schlebiać verb (to compliment someone)
Portuguese
2 entries- adular verb (to compliment someone)
- bajular verb (to compliment someone)
Romanian
4 entries- complimenta verb (to compliment someone)
- flata verb (to compliment someone)
- linguși verb (to compliment someone)
- măguli verb (to compliment someone)
Russian
4 entries- вы́городить verb (to portray something to advantage)
- выгора́живать verb (to portray something to advantage)
- льстить verb (to compliment someone)
- льстить verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lȁskati verb (to compliment someone)
- ла̏скати verb (to compliment someone)
Slovak
2 entries- lichotiť verb (to compliment someone)
- pochlebovať verb (to compliment someone)
Slovene
1 entries- laskati verb (to compliment someone)
Spanish
4 entries- martillo noun (hammer)
- adular verb (to compliment someone)
- adular verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
- falagar verb (to compliment someone)
Swedish
2 entries- smickra verb (to compliment someone)
- smickra verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Thai
1 entries- ชม verb (to compliment someone)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- grisim verb (to compliment someone)
- grisim verb (to enhance someone's vanity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лести́ти verb (to compliment someone)
- облещувати verb (to compliment someone)
- підлещати verb (to compliment someone)
- підлещувати verb (to compliment someone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nịnh nọt verb (to compliment someone)
Welsh
2 entries- gwenieithio verb (to compliment someone)
- seboni verb (to compliment someone)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I flatter myself that I'm the best golfer in the club.
Source: tatoeba (264844)
If you flatter him, he'll do anything.
Source: tatoeba (307736)
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Source: tatoeba (667976)
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