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- DictionaryToad·y/ˈtōdē/
noun
- 1. a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
verb
- 1. act in an obsequious way: "she imagined him toadying to his rich clients"
Add to word list. a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies. Shostakovich was often seen as a political toady to Stalin. Synonym.
Definitions of toady. noun. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. synonyms: crawler, lackey, sycophant. see more. verb. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. synonyms: bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, truckle. see more.
Apr 28, 2024 · toady in American English. (ˈtoʊdi ) noun Word forms: plural ˈtoadies. 1. a servile flatterer; sycophant, esp. one who does distasteful or unprincipled things in order to gain favor. verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: ˈtoadied or ˈtoadying. 2. to be a toady (to); flatter.
All rights reserved. toady. ( ˈtəʊdɪ) n, pl toadies. a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophant. vb, toadies, toadying or toadied. to fawn on and flatter (someone) [C19: shortened from toadeater] ˈtoadyish adj. ˈtoadyism n.
Apr 23, 2024 · Noun [ edit] toady (plural toadies) A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: sycophant. ( archaic) A coarse, rustic woman. Derived terms [ edit] toadyish. Translations [ edit] ± sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage. Verb [ edit]
Definition of toady noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Toady definition: . See examples of TOADY used in a sentence.
