toady

Meaning

Noun

1. A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
2. (archaic) A coarse, rustic woman.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To behave like a toady (toward someone).
2. (transitive) To behave like a toady toward (someone).

Adj

toadlike

toad

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

sycophant

lickspittle

flatter

bootlicker

lackey

flatterer

fawn

groveller

truckle

yes-man

fawner

curry favour with

bootlick

flunky

ass-kisser

parasite

adulate

courtier

crawler

kotow

kowtow

apple polisher

cringe

fawn on

blandish

groveler

applepolish

suck up

make up to

fawn over

be obsequious

backscratcher

smoothy

ingratiate oneself

suck-up

cuury favour with

endear oneself to

handshaker

adulator

brown-nose

cajole

coaxer

curry favor

flunkey

grovel

hanger-on

knuckle under

leech

lie down

make up

Translations

Speichellecker

flagorneur

adulatore

leccapiedi

ruffiano

Arschkriecher

Schleimer

lameculos

flagorner

puxa-saco

Schmeichler

κολακεύω

Kriecher

κόλακας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtəʊ.di/

Etymology

From a shortening of toadeater + -y.