Thesaurus / soft-soaping
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synonyms for soft-soaping
- activate
- breed
- bring about
- cause
- coax
- convince
- engender
- generate
- lead to
- motivate
- persuade
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- urge
- abet
- actuate
- bulldoze
- cajole
- draw
- effect
- get
- goose
- impel
- incite
- influence
- instigate
- make
- move
- occasion
- press
- procure
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- steamroll
- sway
- sweet-talk
- wheedle
- argue into
- bring around
- draw in
- get up
- give rise to
- prevail upon
- sell one on
- set in motion
- suck in
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- win over
- deceive
- mislead
- misrepresent
- promote
- beguile
- BS
- bull
- con
- concoct
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- dupe
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- fib
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- invent
- malign
- misguide
- misinform
- misspeak
- misstate
- overdraw
- palter
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- plant
- prevaricate
- snow
- soft-soap
- victimize
- bear false witness
- be untruthful
- break promise
- go back on
- make believe
- misinstruct
- put on
- put up a front
- string along
- campaign for
- persuade
- politick
- press
- promote
- push
- request
- solicit
- sway
- urge
- advance
- affect
- alter
- bill
- billboard
- boost
- change
- drum
- further
- hype
- induce
- influence
- modify
- pitch
- plug
- pressure
- procure
- sell
- soft-soap
- splash
- spot
- sweet-talk
- thump
- bring pressure to bear
- build up
- exert influence
- hard sell
- high-pressure
- make a pitch for
- pull strings
- put pressure on
- sell on
- soft-sell
- solicit votes
- cajole
- finagle
- banter
- blandish
- charm
- coax
- con
- court
- draw
- entice
- flatter
- inveigle
- kowtow
- oil
- persuade
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- sweet-talk
- worm
- butter up
- lay it on
- soften up
- spread it on
- sweeten up
- work on
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- seduce
- tantalize
- tempt
- wheedle
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- con
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lure
- maneuver
- mislead
- oil
- push
- snow
- soap
- soften
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- urge
- apple-polish
- argue into
- brown-nose
- butter up
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- lay it on thick
- make up to
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- adulate
- blandish
- bootlick
- cajole
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- praise
- salve
- sell
- soften
- soft-soap
- stroke
- toady
- wheedle
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cater to
- get next to
- lay it on thick
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- allure
- barter
- beguile
- blandish
- blarney
- cajole
- con
- decoy
- entice
- flatter
- get
- honey up
- hook
- importune
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jawbone
- lure
- pester
- plague
- press
- soft-soap
- soothe
- tease
- tempt
- urge
- wangle
- wheedle
- worm
- argue into
- arm-twist
- butter up
- come on
- prevail upon
- rope in
- talk into
- work on
- cajole
- entice
- induce
- tease
- tempt
- wheedle
- allure
- barter
- beguile
- blandish
- blarney
- decoy
- flatter
- get
- hook
- importune
- influence
- inveigle
- jawbone
- lure
- pester
- plague
- press
- soft-soap
- soothe
- sweet-talk
- urge
- wangle
- worm
- argue into
- arm-twist
- butter up
- con
- prevail upon
- rope in
- talk into
- work on
- charm
- adulate
- blandish
- bootlick
- cajole
- con
- court
- fawn
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- oil
- overpraise
- praise
- salve
- sell
- snow
- soften
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- toady
- wheedle
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cater to
- get next to
- lay it on thick
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- beseech
- fawn
- beg
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- flatter
- humor
- implore
- kneel
- kowtow
- pamper
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- truckle
- wheedle
- apple-polish
- beg for mercy
- bow and scrape
- butter up
- cater to
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- humble oneself
- kiss one's feet
- make much of
- make up to
- play up to
- suck up to
antonyms for soft-soaping
MOST RELEVANT
- discourage
- dissuade
- leave alone
- pull
- repress
- suppress
- continue
- decrease
- halt
- hinder
- keep
- prevent
- remain
- stop
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use soft-soaping in a sentence
And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTA few small rocks of some soft stone may be added, and in between these the Ferns are planted.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINHis face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe delicious soft rains set in early, promising a good grain year.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONNot a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERA child's preference for the mother's singing is, perhaps, a half reminiscence of the soft-low tones of the lullaby.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe patch of soft green that I knew for the cottonwoods Rutter had spoken of drew my roving gaze whether I would or no.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHer eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONHe walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMIt was soft and pliable, and of such a texture that it could be washed easier than anything else, either paper or cloth.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE