toady
Bootlicking yes-man type
A toady is a person who flatters and fawns over someone in power, hoping to gain favor.
The word carries strong contempt—a toady has no dignity or independent judgment, only servile eagerness to please: He surrounded himself with toadies who agreed with everything he said.
As a verb, to toady is to behave this way: She toadied to the boss shamelessly.
Servile praise-giver
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- yes-manUncritical agreeable subordinate
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
- lackeyServile follower or minion
brownnoser · apple-polisher · lickspittle · flunkey · minion · hanger-on · doormat · lapdog
Servilely attentive to superiors
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
unctuous · smarmy · fawning · groveling · cringing · slavish · subservient · meek
Seek another's approval
- flatterPraise to please
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- grovelHumble oneself servilely
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
bootlick · brown-nose · suck up · butter up · curry favor · pander · cajole · sweet-talk
Workplace superior
- superiorHigher in rank
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- powerfulHaving great strength
- influentialHaving considerable effect
wealthy · patron · benefactor · celebrity · executive · politician · royal · elite
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- yes-manUncritical agreeable subordinate
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
lackey · brownnoser · apple-polisher · lickspittle · flunkey · minion · hanger-on · doormat · lapdog · stooge
obsequious
Servilely attentive to superiors
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
deferential · unctuous · smarmy · fawning · groveling · cringing · slavish · subservient · meek · compliant
ingratiate
Seek another's approval
kowtow · bootlick · brown-nose · suck up · butter up · curry favor · pander · cajole · sweet-talk · schmooze
boss
Workplace superior
influential · wealthy · patron · benefactor · celebrity · executive · politician · royal · elite · management
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- sycophancyfawning, groveling, kowtowing, brown-nosing, flattering
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, bootlicker, bootlickers, brownnosers
- hangers-onhanger-on, tagalong, leech, parasite, freeloader
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
- followersfollowers, conformist, disciples, devotees, adherents
toadyrebel
Authority defier
challenger · nonconformist · iconoclast · dissenter · defy
toadyleader
One who guides others
boss · master · authority figure · power broker · chief
- horned toadSpiny-headed desert lizard
- horny toadSpiky desert reptile, misleadingly named
- toad in a holeSausages in Yorkshire pudding
- cane toadLarge venomous tropical amphibian
- toad in the holeSausages baked in pudding batter
- giant toadBig warty amphibian
toad, toads, toadying, toadied, toadyish, toadies, toadlike, toadyism