All lap up synonyms

verb lap up

• consenting — A consenting adult is a person who is considered to be old enough to make their own decisions about who they have sex with.
• trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
• make allowance for — the act of allowing.
• believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
• affirm — If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
• acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
• sign — a token; indication.
• admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
• buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
• undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• comply — If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
• authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
• advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
• license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• ratify — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
• accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
• certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
• sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
• back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
• recommend — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
• agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
• permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
• conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
• have — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• suppose — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
• trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
• think — to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
• forgive — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
• wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
• verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
• substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
• corroborate — To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
• rejoice — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
• bask — If you bask in the sunshine, you lie somewhere sunny and enjoy the heat.
• gloat — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
• indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
• lark — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.