Toady

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
  • v. To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage.
  • v. To behave like a toady (to someone).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
  • n. A coarse, rustic woman.
  • v. To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ugly and repulsive like a toad; hateful; beastly.
  • n. A sycophant; an interested flatterer; a toad-eater.
  • n. A coarse rustic woman.
  • To fawn upon in a servile manner; play the toady or sycophant to. The tutors toadied him.
  • To play the sycophant; fawn; cringe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  • v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  • Verb Form
    toadied    toadies    toadying   
    Variant
    toadied   
    Form
    toadied    toadying    toadyish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    toadeater    sycophant    fawner    fawn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flunky    fawner    flatterer    sycophant    snob    parvenu    time-servers    next-door    blackleg    sneak