glad-hand
Politician's eager greeting
To glad-hand is to greet people with effusive, often insincere warmth—the hearty handshake, the enthusiastic smile, the appearance of friendship without its substance.
Politicians glad-hand voters at rallies and fundraisers.
The noun glad-hander describes someone given to such performances: He's a glad-hander who remembers your name but forgets your concerns.
Praise to please
- charmAttractive personal quality
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- wooSeek romantic favor
cajole · coax · compliment · sweet-talk · pander · apple-polish · soft-soap · brown-nose
Chat to gain favor
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- smarmyInsincerely ingratiating
- fakeNot the real thing
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
glib · superficial · hollow · perfunctory · feigned · artificial · disingenuous · pretentious
Mutual palm-gripping gesture
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- salutationExpression of goodwill
- greetingExpression of welcome
- smilePleased facial expression
wave · backslap · meet-and-greet · reception · introduction · grasp · clasp · shake
Organized effort toward goal
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- rallyGathering for a cause
- fundraiserEvent collecting money
constituent · caucus · candidate · photo-op · donor · election · endorsement · canvass
flatter
Praise to please
woo · cajole · coax · compliment · sweet-talk · pander · apple-polish · soft-soap · brown-nose · toady
schmooze
Chat to gain favor
slick · glib · superficial · hollow · perfunctory · feigned · artificial · disingenuous · pretentious · sycophantic
handshake
Mutual palm-gripping gesture
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- salutationExpression of goodwill
- greetingExpression of welcome
smile · wave · backslap · meet-and-greet · reception · introduction · grasp · clasp · shake · encounter
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
fundraiser · constituent · caucus · candidate · photo-op · donor · election · endorsement · canvass · pollster
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
glad-handcold-shoulder
Intentional social rejection
snub · give the cold shoulder · shun · ignore · rebuff
glad-handkeep to oneself
Remain private about something
avoid · withdraw · stand apart · disengage · antisocial
glad, hand, glads, gladly, gladness, gladden, gladdened, gladdening, gladder