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toadiesnounpl. of toady a person who flatters another in order to get aheadno one liked the office toady, who spent most of her time complimenting the boss on what a great job he was doing apple-polishers, bootlickers, brownnosers, fawners, flunkies(also flunkeys), lickspittles, suck-ups, sycophants yes-menapparatchiks(also apparatchiki), company menhangers-on, leeches, parasites, spongers, spongeshenchmen, lackeys, lapdogs, minions, running dogs, satellites, slaves, stoogesadmirers, cultists, devotees, enthusiasts, fans, grovelers, idolaters(or idolators), worshippers(or worshipers), zealotsadherents, camp followers, converts, disciples, followers, me-tooers, partisans(also partizans), pupils, votaries to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superiora satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder apple-polishes, bootlicks, fawns, fusses, kowtows, sucks (up), truckles drools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, woosadulates, idolizes, worshipsblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, flatters, overpraises, soft-soapscowers, cringes, grovelsabases, debases, demeansdefers, submits, yields curries favor, kisses up to despises, disdains, scornsgibes(or jibes), jeers, scoffsbraves, challenges, defies |