adj
Meaning 1
toadlike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
toady
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtəʊ.di/
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US: /ˈtoʊ.di/
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rhymes with -əʊdi
noun
Meaning 2
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, bootlicker, buttkisser, buttlicker, brownnose, brown noser, clawback, dickrider, doormat, flatterer, flunkey, groveler, groveller, hanger-on, kiss-ass, lackey, lickspittle, lick-platter, lickpot, minion, people pleaser, pickthank, schmoozer, simp, suck up, sycophant, throne sniffer, toadeater, toady, white knight
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A coarse, rustic woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Diminutive of toad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, diminutive, form-of
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To behave like a toady (toward someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fawn, flannel, suck up, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn over, fellate, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, toady
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sycophant, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flatterer, adulator
Narrower terms: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, goody-goody
verb
Meaning 7
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fawn, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flatter, blandish
Narrower terms: curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
History
Etymology
From toad + -y.
From a shortening of toadeater + -y.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ласкател (laskatel) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Bulgarian: подлизурко (podlizurko) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Chinese Mandarin: 马屁精 (mǎpìjīng) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Czech: vlezdoprdelka — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Finnish: mielistelijä — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Finnish: hännystelijä — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Finnish: makeilija — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Finnish: imartelija — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- French: flagorneur — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- German: Arschkriecher — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- German: Schleimer — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Hungarian: talpnyaló — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Hungarian: hízelgő — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Icelandic: eyrnasuga — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Icelandic: smjaðrari — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Irish: failpéir — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Irish: Seoinín — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Italian: adulatore — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Italian: lacchè — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Italian: leccaculo — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Italian: lecchino — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Italian: ruffiano — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Macedonian: подли́зурко (podlízurko) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Macedonian: полтро́н (poltrón) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Polish: lizus — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Polish: wazeliniarz — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Portuguese: lambe-botas — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Portuguese: puxa-saco — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Romanian: lingău — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Russian: подли́за (podlíza) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Russian: подхали́м (podxalím) — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: arrastrado — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: cepillero — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: chupamedias — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: lambiscón — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: lameculos — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: pelotillero — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: sobón — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: comemierda — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: franelero — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Spanish: cobista — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Turkish: yalaka — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Turkish: dalkavuk — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Turkish: yağcı — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Turkish: şakşakçı — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Vietnamese: kẻ xu nịnh — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage
- Vietnamese: kẻ bợ đỡ — sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage