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toady

/ toady /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Type of:
flatterer adulator
Kinds of:
apple polisher bootlicker fawner groveller groveler
Derived:
fawn crawl creep cringe cower
verb Sense 2
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
"He is always kowtowing to his boss"
Type of:
flatter blandish
Kinds of:
curry favor curry favour court favor court favour
Derived:
kowtow kotow apple polisher bootlicker fawner
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
47%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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flatterer adulator apple polisher bootlicker fawner groveller groveler flatter blandish curry favor curry favour court favor