All eyewash synonyms

noun eyewash

• flattery — the act of flattering.
• adulation — Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something.
• baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
• blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
• cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
• coaxing — the act of persuading by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
• compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
• exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
• fawning — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
• honey — a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
• incense — an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
• ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
• oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
• overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
• wheedling — to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
• inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
• nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
• rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
• applesauce — a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened; (fig.) (sl.) bunkum, nonsense
• balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
• bilge — The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
• claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
• flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
• garbage — discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
• hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
• hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
• jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
• piffle — nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.
• poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• tomfoolery — foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
• tommyrot — nonsense; utter foolishness.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• twaddle — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
• horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
• applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
• approbation — Approbation is approval of something or agreement to it.
• blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
• commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
• encomium — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
• eulogy — A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
• flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
• fulsome — offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
• gallantry — dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
• gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
• hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• mush — a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
• obsequiousness — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
• palaver — a conference or discussion.