1. (verb)absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up take in, also metaphorically Synonyms: plunge, receive, occupy, withdraw, run, tie, ingest, draw, assume, resume, have, borrow, lactate, overhear, eviscerate, absorb, cast, take over, consume, earn, suckle, pull, draw and quarter, adopt, reap, draw in, scoop, fellate, bootlick, drink, gather in, steep, gull, get out, pull back, disembowel, collect, start, lift out, fool, suck, sidle up, breastfeed, put one across, truckle, go down on, seize on, realize, sop up, fasten on, blow, strike, take out, latch on, take up, delineate, see, pull in, take, quarter, catch, befool, make, hook on, wet-nurse, pull out, get, describe, puff, suck in, thread, soak up, drag, cotton up, shine up, attract, scoop up, cozy up, force, cod, toady, sorb, engage, trace, dupe, put on, kowtow, engulf, view, kotow, draw off, immerse, engross, invite, take in, pass, play up, give suck, line, slang, watch, fawn, suck up, bring in, clear, string, guide, depict, put one over, scoop out, assimilate, realise, imbibe, nurse, gain
2. (verb)cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior Synonyms: soak up, bootlick, sop up, cozy up, highlight, toady, draw, cotton up, shine up, absorb, take in, sidle up, kowtow, spotlight, suck, play up, imbibe, truckle, take up, suck up, foreground, fawn, kotow
3. (verb)fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up try to gain favor by cringing or flattering Synonyms: soak up, sidle up, cower, cotton up, sop up, bootlick, fawn, cozy up, imbibe, crawl, draw, grovel, shine up, absorb, cringe, take up, truckle, kowtow, take in, suck, play up, kotow, scrape, creep, genuflect, suck up, toady
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'suck up'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. suck up A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, Synonyms: absorb, consume, engross, suck up, take in, drink in, exhaust, swallow, take up, drink up, imbibe, swallow up Antonyms: cast out, dissipate, emit, put forth, shoot forth, disgorge, distract, exude, radiate, throw off, disperse, eject, give up, send out, vomit
Synonyms for suck up 
