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toady

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of toady

a person who flatters another in order to get ahead

  • no one liked the office toady, who spent most of her time complimenting the boss on what a great job he was doing
Synonyms of toady

apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky (also flunkey), lickspittle, suck-up, sycophant
Words Related to toady

yes-man

apparatchik, company man

hanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge, sponger

henchman, lackey, lapdog, minion, running dog, satellite, slave, stooge

admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, groveler, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot

adherent, camp follower, convert, disciple, follower, me-tooer, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votary

Synonym Discussion of toady

parasite, sycophant, toady, leech, sponge mean a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker. parasite applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society.
    • a jet-setter with an entourage of parasites
sycophant adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation.
    • a powerful prince surrounded by sycophants
toady emphasizes the servility and snobbery of the self-seeker.
    • cultivated leaders of society and became their toady
leech stresses persistence in clinging to or bleeding another for one's own advantage.
    • a leech living off his family and friends
sponge stresses the parasitic laziness, dependence, and opportunism of the cadger.
    • a shiftless sponge, always looking for a handout

toady

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of toady

to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior

  • a satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder
Synonyms of toady

apple-polish, bootlick, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), truckle
Words Related to toady

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, woo

adulate, idolize, worship

blandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap

cower, cringe, grovel

abase, debase, demean

defer, submit, yield
Phrases Synonymous with toady

curry favor, kiss up to
Near Antonyms of toady

despise, disdain, scorn

gibe (or jibe), jeer, scoff

brave, challenge, defy

Synonym Discussion of toady

fawn, toady, truckle, cringe, cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention.
    • waiters fawning over a celebrity
toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude.
    • toadying to his boss
truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior.
    • truckling to a powerful lobbyist
cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility.
    • a cringing sycophant
cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people.
    • cowering before a bully

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