Synonyms for toady
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Sycophant — A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion
sycophant, stooge, flunky, minion, yes man, toad-eater, lick-spittle, boot licker, lap dog, apple polisher informal, flatterer, bootlick US, crawler, hanger-on, footlicker, groveler US, groveller UK, fawner, toadier, lackey dated, ass-licker vulgar slang US, arse-licker UK, arselicker UK, ass-kisser vulgar slang US CA, clawback dated
Other
Verb
1. Kowtow
kowtow, fawn, suck up, flatter, kiss up, apple-polish US, bow and scrape, fawn over, butter up informal, flannel, truckle, overpraise, overflatter
Other
brown-nose, fellate vulgar, dickride vulgar
Definitions
- n. 1
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
- v. 1
To behave like a toady (toward someone).
Example sentences
- minion Robert was just a minion for Sandra's strict dad.
- stooge The Palestinians think he's an Israeli stooge.
- sycophant He was a sycophant, always trying to ingratiate himself with the wealthy.
- flunky If you behave like a flunky, you'll be treated like a flunky.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| toady | rising | |
| minion | rising | |
| stooge | falling | |
| sycophant | rising | |
| flunky | rising | |
| batrachian | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fawn1
- 6 letters
- minion2, lackey2, stooge1, kowtow2, flunky, fawner
- 7 letters
- flatter2, flannel2, crawler2, fellate, truckle, toadier
- 8 letters
- clawback, bootlick, groveler, dickride
- 9 letters
- sycophant, flatterer, groveller
- 10 letters
- overpraise, footlicker, arselicker, batrachian
- 11 letters
- overflatter
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minion2 = 2 syllables).