'Toady' definitions:
Definition of 'toady'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Toady'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Toady'
From: GCIDE
- Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. Toadies. [Shortened from toadeater.]
- 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. [1913 Webster]
- Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'toady'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apple-polish,
- apple-polisher,
- ass-licker,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- bend the knee,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- bow,
- bow and scrape,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- clawback,
- courtier,
- cower,
- crawl,
- creature,
- creep,
- cringe,
- cringer,
- crouch,
- dupe,
- fawn,
- fawner,
- flatter,
- flatterer,
- flunky,
- follow,
- footlicker,
- grovel,
- groveler,
- handshaker,
- helot,
- instrument,
- jackal,
- kneel,
- kowtow,
- kowtower,
- lackey,
- led captain,
- lick the dust,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- mealymouth,
- minion,
- peon,
- puppet,
- serf,
- slave,
- spaniel,
- stooge,
- stoop,
- suck,
- sycophant,
- tag,
- tail,
- timeserver,
- toad,
- toadeat,
- toadeater,
- tool,
- trail,
- truckle,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- yes-man