Toadying

Synonyms for "toadying" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

abjectapple polishingapple-polishing ass-kissingback scratchingbackscratching beggarly bootlicking brown-nosing cowering crawling cringing crouching

Noun(1 words)

bootlick

Strong matches (19)

Noun(6 words)

fawn fawning flatterflattery culturegenuflection ingratiate

fawnery fawning flattering flunkyism footlicking greasy groveling grovelling handshaking hangdog ingratiating ingratiation insinuation

Related words (33)

kowtowing mealymouthed mealymouthedness menial obeisance obeisant obsequious obsequiousnesson bended kneeparasitic parasitism prostrate prostration servile slimy sniveling sponging submissive supple sycophancy

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sycophant sycophantic timeserving toadeating toadyish toadyism truckling tufthunting

Noun(5 words)

kowtowing obsequiousness servility sycophancy toadies

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More general

6 entries

behavior conductcultural patterninstitutional practiceorganizational behaviorsocial behavior

More specific

5 entries

bootlicking brownnosingbuttering upkowtowing subservience

Collocations

9 entries

academic toadyingcorporate toadyinghabitual toadyingoffice toadyingpolitical toadyingtoadying behaviortoadying culturetoadying tacticstoadying to authority

Inflections

3 entries

toadied toadies toadyings

Derivations

2 entries

toady toadyish

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Aristotle was toadying up to the Macedonian monarchy.

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