as in sycophants
a person who flatters another in order to get ahead
no one liked the office toady, who spent most of her time complimenting the boss on what a great job he was doing
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as in fusses
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder
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Recent Examples of toadies
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
And his toadies that go along with him are -- are subscribing to that.
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ABC News,
28 Dec. 2025
In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Naturally his reliable Republican toadies lined up to support him.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
And his toadies that go along with him are -- are subscribing to that.
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ABC News,
28 Dec. 2025
In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Naturally his reliable Republican toadies lined up to support him.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadies
Noun
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Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
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Trump’s worried sycophants probably know that the details of an eventual agreement likely do not matter very much at this point.
Noun
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For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
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And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.
Noun
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Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.
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Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos.
Noun
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The result of this dynamic tension of bootlickers, according to Bernhard’s narrator, is the perpetual elevation and official anointment of mediocrity.
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These are just some of the most prominent, powerful bootlickers stumbling right now on their own deceit and desperation.
Noun
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Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods.
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Launched in early 1982, the original MOTU line-up saw He-Man and Skeletor joined by heroes Teela (at this point, the only female character), Man-at-Arms and Stratos; the morally ambiguous Zodac; and a couple of Skeletor's henchmen, Beast Man and Mer-Man.
Noun
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Yasmin, Tender’s briefly installed head of communications, is the first of Whitney’s flunkies to defect.
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For instance, Bolsonaro’s flunkies penetrated the government agency that handled film distribution.
Noun
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It is caused by eating or drinking food contaminated with either bacteria, viruses, parasites or a harmful toxin.
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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.
Noun
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As whole house fans and swamp coolers can suck additional pollutants inside, the department recommends using air purifiers or air conditioners as alternatives when possible.
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Some disappointed fans lingered near the barricades and boundaries police had set up and were enforcing.
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“Toadies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toadies. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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