🙇‍♂️toady

Meaning

to flatter or behave excessively subserviently toward someone for advantage

a person who acts obsequiously to gain favor; a sycophant

Example Sentences

Stop toadying to the manager and speak your mind.

He was known as a toady who always agreed with the boss.

Example Expressions

toady up to

Synonyms

flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick, sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker

Entry 1

flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick

Entry 2

sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker

Antonyms

criticize, resist, speak plainly, critic, opponent, independent thinker

Entry 1

criticize, resist, speak plainly

Entry 2

critic, opponent, independent thinker

Collocations

toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady, office toady, political toady

Entry 1

toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady

Entry 2

office toady, political toady