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Synonyms of toady
(Entry 1 of 2)
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 for toady
- apple-polisher,
- bootlicker,
- brownnoser,
- fawner,
- flunky
- (also flunkey or flunkie),
- lickspittle,
- suck-up,
- sycophant
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toady
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of toady (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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The first known use of toady was in 1826
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