schmoozeverb [ I ]
uk/ʃmuːz/us/ʃmuːz/informalto talk informally with someone, especially in a way that is not sincere or to win some advantage for yourself:
He spent the entire evening schmoozing with the senator.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- left-handed compliment
- massage
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- servile
- slobber
- unctuous
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schmoozer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈʃmuː.zər//ˈʃmuː.zɚ/informal
He's a real schmoozer, who knows how to use his charm to get what he wants.