toady

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

a person who flatters and defers to others to gain favor

In a sentence

Toady in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing toady in a sentence.

Surrounded by toadies, the executive rarely heard an honest opinion.

Synonyms

sycophantflattererbootlickerlackey

Antonyms

criticdissenter

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Toady (noun) means a person who flatters and defers to others to gain favor

Here is toady used in an example sentence: "Surrounded by toadies, the executive rarely heard an honest opinion."

Common synonyms for toady include sycophant, flatterer, bootlicker, lackey.

Antonyms of toady include critic, dissenter.

Toady is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.