fawn
The word “fawn” has 1 syllable: fawn
It's pronounced as /fɔn/
What is synonym and antonym for fawn?
In the thesaurus, “fawn” has 34 synonyms and 10 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for fawn along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for fawn
- abase
- adulate
- apple-polish
- blandish
- bootlick
- cajole
- coax
- court
- cower
- cringe
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- demean
- drool
- endear
- flatter
- fuss
- grovel
- gush
- idolize
- ingratiate
- kiss up to
- kowtow
- overpraise
- slaver
- slobber
- soft-soap
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- worship
- yield
Antonyms for fawn
Meanings of fawn
- noun
- A young deer.
- A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
- The young of an animal; a whelp.
- A servile cringe or bow.
- Base flattery.
- verb
- To give birth to a fawn.
- To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
- To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
- (of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
- adjective
- Of the fawn colour.
Example Sentences
- The deer’s fawn stayed close to its mother in the forest.
- She tried to fawn over the guest to make a good impression.
- A small fawn appeared timidly in the meadow.
- He tends to fawn on his boss to get ahead at work.
- The artist painted a portrait of a delicate fawn under the trees.
On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fawn, such as: abase, adulate, apple-polish, blandish, bootlick, brave, cajole.
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effuse
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- gush
- pour
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- radiate
- rave
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- slobber
- spread out
sand
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- fawn
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- old sod
- olive
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- press
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- saddle
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- screenings
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- smut
- sod
- soil
- solder
- soot
- spine
- spirit
- spunk
- starch
- stickum
- stomach
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- surface
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- wear
- whet
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- willpower
- xanthous
make much of
- accent
- accentuate
- acclaim
- admire
- adulate
- advertise
- advocate
- affirm
- aggrandize
- applaud
- apple-polish
- appreciate
- approve
- articulate
- assert
- baby
- bear down
- bear down on
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beseech
- blandish
- bless
- boost
- bootlick
- bow and scrape
- bow down
- brag about
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- caress
- cater to
- celebrate
- charge
- charm
- cheer
- cite
- clap
- commemorate
- commend
- compliment
- congratulate
- cosset
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- cry up
- dignify
- distinguish
- dote on
- dramatize
- dwell on
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- elevate
- emphasize
- endorse
- enlarge
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- entertain
- enthuse
- enunciate
- eulogize
- exalt
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- fall all over
- favor
- fawn
- fawn upon
- feast
- feature
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- festival
- flatter
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- fondle
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- give a boost to
- give a bouquet
- give bouquet
- give thanks
- glorify
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- hand it to
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- headline
- hear it for
- highlight
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- hold reception for
- holiday
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- humble oneself
- humor
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- ingratiate oneself with
- insist on
- italicize
- kneel
- kowtow
- kudize
- labor the point
- laud
- lick chops
- limelight
- lionize
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- maintain
- make a point
- make clear
- make emphatic
- make over
- make up to
- mark
- mollycoddle
- nurse
- overplay
- pamper
- panegyrize
- pat on the back
- pay homage
- pay respects
- pay tribute
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- pet
- pinpoint
- play up
- play up to
- please
- plug
- point out
- point up
- praise
- press
- proclaim
- promote
- pronounce
- prostrate
- publicize
- puff
- puff up
- punctuate
- push
- put accent on
- rave
- rave over
- recommend
- reiterate
- repeat
- resound
- revere
- reverence
- rhapsodize
- rhapsody
- roll out the red carpet
- roose
- root
- rub in
- salute
- sanction
- satisfy
- sing praises of
- sing the praises
- slobber over
- smile on
- snivel
- soft-soap
- soothe
- speak highly of
- spoil
- spotlight
- stoop
- stress
- stroke
- suck up to
- take off hat to
- toast
- tout
- trade last
- treat
- truckle
- underline
- underscore
- want
- weight
- wheedle
- wine and dine
- wish joy to
- worship
kiss up to
- abase
- adulate
- apple-polish
- back-scratch
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- cajole
- coax
- court
- cower
- cringe
- curry favor
- dance attendance on
- debase
- defer
- demean
- drool
- endear
- fall all over
- fawn
- fawn over
- flatter
- fuss
- grovel
- gush
- idolize
- ingratiate
- kowtow
- overpraise
- pay court to
- slaver
- slobber
- soft-soap
- submit
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- toady
- toady to
- truckle
- win over
- woo
- worship
- yield