Word "TOADY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Synonyms:
ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, sycophant

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Synonyms:
bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, truckle

Crossword Clues for TOADY

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Yes-man Commuter 25 Jun 2025
To get a day off, suck up to (5)
Lackey TV 18 May 2025
Bootlicker The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 10 May 2025
A friend just for today, perhaps? (5)
Suck-up LA Times Daily 14 Dec 2024
Yes-man's publicity plugging plaything The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Nov 2024
Sycophant The Telegraph Mini 31 Oct 2024
Sycophant The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Oct 2024
Bow and scrape to a lady Capone deserted (5)
Insincere flatterer Newsday 21 Oct 2024
Tinker capturing doe initially going after a fawn The Telegraph Toughie 05 Sep 2024
Sycophant The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Aug 2024
Flatterer's plaything included these days (5)
Crawlers plaything fitted with plug (5)
Bootlicking type
Sycophant has to take day off (5)
Fawning lackey
Sycophant The Times Concise 10 Feb 2024
Fawn, flatter (5) Puzzler 07 Jan 2024
Sycophant Eugene Sheffer 16 Dec 2023
Fawn The Guardian Quick 13 Dec 2023
Sycophant Thomas Joseph 27 Jul 2023
Minion Newsday 16 Feb 2023
Sycophant Premier Sunday 25 Sep 2022
Sycophant Universal 24 Sep 2022
Play about a duke’s spaniel The Times Cryptic 21 Sep 2022
Plug in toy Minion
Insincere flatterer Newsday 20 Jul 2022
Yes-man Thomas Joseph 16 Feb 2022
Sycophant is present as duke descends
Sycophant is present as duke descends The Guardian Quiptic 10 Jan 2022
With duke sent down, now one grovels The Times Cryptic 17 Dec 2021
At first you decided awful outfit turned up is flattering one
Obsequious underling Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2021
Yes-man now transferring a forward The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Jul 2021
Bootlicker Wall Street Journal 25 Mar 2021
Sycophant New York Times 25 Mar 2021
Bill featuring in play, sycophant The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Feb 2021
Sycophant Universal 13 Jan 2021
Sycophant LA Times Daily 25 Dec 2020
Sycophant The Washington Post 25 Dec 2020
Notice toy brought round for groveller The Sun Two Speed 22 Dec 2020
Sycophant The Sun Two Speed 22 Dec 2020
Sycophant USA Today 09 Dec 2020
Sycophant Thomas Joseph 20 Nov 2020
Sucking-up type Wall Street Journal 10 Aug 2020
Currently Democrat's moving to the right. Such a creep!
He grovels now as duke is coming down
Sycophant now putting article higher
Jenkins making sport with insertion of plug
Yes-man Thomas Joseph 03 Jun 2019
Apple-polisher Universal 29 May 2019
Yes-man Universal 17 May 2019
Overdo the flattery New York Times 14 Mar 2019
Kiss-up Universal 06 Feb 2019
Yes-man
Apple-polisher
Overdo the flattery
Kiss-up
One agreeing with everything you say New York Times 18 Dec 2018
Sycophant Eugene Sheffer 13 Nov 2018
Insincere flatterer Newsday 07 Oct 2018
Apple-polisher The Washington Post 21 Aug 2018
Apple-polisher LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2018
Sucking-up sort USA Today 08 Aug 2018
Creep like an amphibian?
Sycophant The Telegraph Quick 27 Jan 2018
One agreeing with everything you say
Sucking-up sort
Lickspittle
Apple-polisher
Miniature bears puff and creep
One really aiming to please New York Times 22 Sep 2017
Sycophant Wall Street Journal 09 Sep 2017
Fawning sycophant Jonesin 15 Aug 2017
Office suck-up Universal 06 Aug 2017
One really aiming to please
Sycophant
Office suck-up
Kiss-up Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2016
A duke entertained by model, a sycophant
All-too-agreeable fellow Universal 19 Dec 2015
Flirt to gain promotion? The Times Cryptic 27 Aug 2015
Suck up to a vacuous dandy
Fawning sycophant Universal 20 Jul 2015
Notice, in play, fawn
Yes-man USA Today 21 Jun 2015
Notice, in play, fawn
Apple polisher LA Times Daily 01 Feb 2015
Apple polisher
Sycophant
Fawning sycophant
Sycophant
Yes-man
All-too-agreeable fellow
Sycophant
Fawning flatterer
Bootlicker
Yes-man
Now, daughter's advancing to crawl
*Sycophant
*Sycophant
Sucking-up type
Apple polisher
Sycophant
Sucking-up sort
Brown-noser
Ambitious flatterer
All-too-agreeable fellow
Yes-man
Apple polisher
Flatterer
Lickspittle
Apple-polisher
Overeager promotion seeker, maybe
Lickspittle
Bootlicker
Kowtower
Sycophant
Kowtower
Apple polisher
Courtier
Obsequious flatterer
Insincere flatterer
Suck-up
Brown-noser
Apple-polisher
Sucking-up type
Bootlicker
Brown-noser
Sycophant
Apple-polisher
Fawner
All-too-agreeable fellow
Apple polisher
Apple-polisher
Apple polisher
Bootlicker
Truckle
Fawn
Sycophant
Yes-man
Yes-man
Yes-man
Sycophant
Yeasayer
Obsequious flatterer
Sycophant
Lickspittle
Tuft-hunter
Parasite
Servile person
Truckler
Yes man
Apple polisher
Yes-man
Fawn.
Hanger-on.
Play the sycophant.
Fawn
Sycophant.
Yes-man
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