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- Dictionarytoady/ˈtəʊdi/
noun
- 1. a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
- 2. a pufferfish. Australian
verb
- 1. act in an obsequious way: "she imagined him toadying to his rich clients"
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a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies. Shostakovich was often seen as a political toady to Stalin. Synonym. crawler (TRYING TO PLEASE) UK informal disapproving. Fewer examples.
The meaning of TOADY is one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant. How to use toady in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Toady.
If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them: Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies. Shostakovich was often seen as a political toady to Stalin. Synonym. crawler (TRYING TO PLEASE) UK informal disapproving. Fewer examples.
verb (used without object) , toad·ied, toad·y·ing. to be a toady. toady. / ˈtəʊdɪ / noun. a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophant.
Definitions of toady. noun. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. synonyms: crawler, lackey, sycophant. see more. verb. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. synonyms: bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, truckle. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Toady."
A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant. tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies. To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn 1. [From toad .] Word History: The first toadies were actually toad-eaters.
Definition of toady noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
toady meaning, definition, what is toady: someone who pretends to like an importan...: Learn more.
Definitions of 'toady' 1. If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. [disapproval] [...] 2.
