Tom is a toady.
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Toady
//ˈtoʊ.di//
Synonyms for "toady" (146 found)
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Noun(10 words)
Verb(6 words)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
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7 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ласкател noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- подлизурко noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 马屁精 noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Czech
1 entries- vlezdoprdelka noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Finnish
4 entries- hännystelijä noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- imartelija noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- makeilija noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- mielistelijä noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
French
1 entries- flagorneur noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
German
2 entries- Arschkriecher noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- Schleimer noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Hungarian
2 entries- hízelgő noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- talpnyaló noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Icelandic
2 entries- eyrnasuga noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- smjaðrari noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Irish
2 entries- Seoinín noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- failpéir noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Italian
4 entries- adulatore noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- lacchè noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- leccaculo noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- lecchino noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Macedonian
2 entries- подли́зурко noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- полтро́н noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Polish
2 entries- lizus noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- wazeliniarz noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Portuguese
2 entries- lambe-botas noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- puxa-saco noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Romanian
1 entries- lingău noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Russian
2 entries- подли́за noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- подхали́м noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Spanish
4 entries- arrastrado noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- cepillero noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- chupamedias noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- comemierda noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Turkish
4 entries- dalkavuk noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- yalaka noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- yağcı noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- şakşakçı noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kẻ bợ đỡ noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
- kẻ xu nịnh noun (sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I see you brought your toady along.
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Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
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"But who is she, can you tell me?" / "Some fair-skinned speculation of old Montreville's, I suppose, that she has got either to toady herself, or take in some of her black friends with.—Is it possible you have never heard of old Mother Montreville?"
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