Toady

Quick meaning: Toady is a noun meaning (derogatory) A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

Meaning

(derogatory) A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, intransitive) To behave like a toady (toward someone). [transitive or with to]
2. toadlike
3. (childish) Diminutive of toad.
4. (archaic) A coarse, rustic woman.

Example Sentences

But bless your hearts, we "ain't so green," though lots of us of all sorts toady you enough certainly, and try to make you think so.

"Go on, Hiram, show 'em what you can do," urged Luke Fodick, who was a sort of toady to Hiram Shell, the school bully, if ever there was one.

But how could she have helped herself? I asked, imagining the sneers and the laughter, the adulation of the toadies, the scepticism of the professional poet.

Come 20 January, [Donald] Trump and his toadies – including billionaires such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – will have total control over the executive branch of the United States government.

Word Forms

• toadies
• toadying
• toadied

Synonyms for toady

Depending on context, synonyms include adulator, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sycophant, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, crawler, lackey.

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