lip-homage
1lip service — Synonyms and related words: BOMFOG, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, cant, empty gesture, false piety, formalism, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mealymouthedness, mouth honor,… …
2lip service — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [LIP SER vis] insincere agreement, empty talk or gesture. Politicians pay a lot of lip service to their constituents. SYN.: insincerity, empty talk, empty gesture, token agreement, tokenism, show …
3Falsehood — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Falsehood >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 falsehood falsehood falseness Sgm: N 1 falsity falsity falsification Sgm: N 1 deception deception &c. 545 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm …
4Flattery — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flattery >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flattery flattery adulation gloze Sgm: N 1 blandishment blandishment blandiloquence Sgm: N 1 cajolery cajolery Sgm: N 1 fawning fawning wheedling & …
5hypocrisy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deceit, dissembling, pretense, falsity, insincerity; sanctimony, cant, Phariseeism. See falsehood, impiety. Ant., honesty, sincerity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quackery, casuistry, pharisaism,… …
6adulation — n 1. worship, hero worship, idolization, adoration, deification; glorification, exaltation, extolment. 2. sycophancy, toadyism, toadeating, tufthunting, flattery, lip homage, lip service, Rare. blandation; cajolery, blandishment, blarney, palaver …
7fawning — adj 1. servile, slavish, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, subservient, menial, Obs., Rare. vernile; submissive, docile, unassertive, compliant, acquiescent, deferential, Tomish, Uncle Tomish, tractable, mealy mouthed; groveling, crawling, creeping,… …
8flattery — n 1. compliment, salute, praise, laudation; tribute, extolment, exaltation, celebration, glorification; eulogy, eulogium, eulogization, encomium, panegyric, adulation; trumpetry, crying up, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises, puffery, puffing up …
9flummery — n 1. oatmeal, gruel, U.S. mush, hot cereal, Chiefly Brit. porridge, farina; fruit custard, blancmange, white pudding. 2. nonsense, moonshine, gobbledegook; foolish humbug, bunkum or buncombe, Sl. bunk, U.S. Sl. blah; balderdash, Inf. hokum, Sl.… …
10servility — n 1. slavishness, servileness, obsequiousness, obsequence, subservience, Obs. vernility; submis siveness, docility, unassertiveness, compliance, acquiescence, deference, obeisance, abjection, abjectness, self abasement; groveling, crawling,… …
