GROVEL Meaning of GROVEL in English verb Synonyms: fawn , apple-polish, bootlick, ||brownnose, cower, cringe, honey (up), kowtow, toady, truckle Idioms: lick the dust ( or one's boots) Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary. Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус. 2003