brown-nose brownness • brown oak · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · brown-nose · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) flatter with the intention of getting something. Synonyms: butter up. · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · butter up · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 w latin small letter w U+0077