Synonyms for toady
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : toh-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtoʊ di |
Top 10 synonyms for toady Other synonyms for the word toady
- apple polisher
- apple-polish
- be servile
- brownnose
- brownnoser
- butter up
- doter
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- flatterer
- flunky
- groupie
- hanger-on
- honey up
- kiss one's feet
- kiss-up
- kowtow
- lackey
- lay it on
- lick boots
- massage
- minion
- oil
- pay court
- play up to
- scratch one's back
- stroke
- suck up to
- teacher's pet
- truckle
- woo
- yes-person
Définition of toady
Origin :- "servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally referring to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison (1620s). The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied; toadying.
- noun sycophant
- verb fawn
- I mean to hold my own, and do as I please with my own, and live as I like, and toady no one.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- I guess they got you up here simply to make you toady to them.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
- "I did—but I was afraid the fellows would kill me if I didn't do it," whined the toady.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- "Oh, I'll take you up," cried the other, stung into recklessness by Toady's taunts.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- Billiard has been used to saying the word and Toady has obeyed.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- "You mean that Toady did," spluttered the indignant Billiard.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- "Up Pike's Peak," said Toady, without so touch as looking back.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- Oh, pshaw, Toady, I tell you there ain't such a thing as a ghost!
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- Toady was in deadly earnest, but still the older boy temporized.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- Toady's never seen what one looks like, so we're taking him along to get a peek at it.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
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