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toadynoun 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-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky(also flunkey or flunkie), lickspittle, suck-up, sycophant yes-manapparatchik, company manhanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge, spongerhenchman, lackey, lapdog, minion, running dog, satellite, slave, stoogeadmirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, groveler, idolater(or idolator), worshipper(or worshiper), zealotadherent, camp follower, convert, disciple, follower, me-tooer, partisan(also partizan), pupil, votary 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-polish, bootlick, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), truckle drool, gush, slaver, slobberendear, ingratiatecourt, wooadulate, idolize, worshipblandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soapcower, cringe, grovelabase, debase, demeandefer, submit, yield curry favor, kiss up to despise, disdain, scorngibe(or jibe), jeer, scoffbrave, challenge, defy n.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 v.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 in 1826 |