The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TOADY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Sycophant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TOADY | 43 % | 5 |
| YESMAN | 25 % | 6 |
| LACKEY | 5 % | 6 |
| HANGERON | 3 % | 8 |
| FLATTERER | 2 % | 9 |
| PARASITE | 2 % | 8 |
| LAPDOG | 2 % | 6 |
| YEASAYER | 2 % | 8 |
| MINION | 2 % | 6 |
| TOADIER | 2 % | 7 |
| KISSUP | 2 % | 6 |
| FAWNER | 1 % | 6 |
| ADULATOR | 1 % | 8 |
| LACA | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOTLICKER | 1 % | 10 |
| TAGTAIL | 1 % | 7 |
| SUCKUP | 1 % | 6 |
| SPONGE | 1 % | 6 |
| LEECH | 1 % | 5 |
| BROWNNOSER | 1 % | 10 |
| YESPERSON | 1 % | 9 |
| SCRAPESHOE | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sycophant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- toady
- crawler
- lackey
- bootlicker
- flatterer
- lickspittle
- flunky
- lapdog
- stooge
- sycophancy
- buffoon
- apparatchik
Crossword Answer definitions
TOADY noun- A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion
- A coarse, rustic woman.
- (construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone).
- Toadlike
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TOADY
- Apple-polisher
- Yes-man
- Apple polisher
- Overeager promotion seeker, maybe
- Sycophant
- Bootlicker
- Brown-noser
- Obsequious flatterer
- Ambitious flatterer
- Sucking-up sort
More clues leading to the result YESMAN
- Sycophant
- Bootlicker
- One who gives the nod?
- Toady
- The boss's "echo"
- He won't give a negative response
- Flunky
- Rubber stamp
- Company toady
- Positive guy?
More clues leading to the result LACKEY
- Footman
- Footman or toady
- Toady
- Sycophant
- Gofer
- Underling
- Submissive assistant
- Yes-man
- Sycophant.
- Slavish follower.
More clues leading to the result HANGERON
- The last to leave the party
- Useless member of an entourage
- Toady
- Sycophant
- Groupie, e.g.
- Parasite
- Parasitic person
- Dependent.
- Sycophant.
- Follower
More clues leading to the result FLATTERER
More clues leading to the result PARASITE
- Host's annoyance
- Opposite of a host
- Leech
- Moocher
- Mooch
- One who takes something and gives nothing
- Hanger-on
- User
- Flea, to a dog
- Host's counterpart in a symbiotic relationship
More clues leading to the result LAPDOG
- Pekingese or Shih Tzu
- Miniature poodle, e.g.
- Small toy
- Pomeranian, e.g.
- Peke or pug
- Canine cuddler
- Toady
- Compact canine
- Shih Tzu, say
- Bichon Frise, for one
More clues leading to the result YEASAYER
- Bootlicker
- Sycophant
- One in agreement
- Toady
- One who agrees
- Brooklyn band with the album "Odd Blood"
- Always-agreeing sort
- Subservient subordinate, perhaps
More clues leading to the result MINION
- Sycophant
- Servile subordinate
- Subordinate
- Servile follower
- ___ of the law (police officer)
- Toady
- Follower
- Yellow "Despicable Me" character
- Lackey
- 7-pt. type.
More clues leading to the result TOADIER
More clues leading to the result KISSUP
- Play the sycophant, slangily
- Be a teacher's pet, slangily
- Sycophant
- Flatter the boss for personal gain
- Act the toady
- Act the toady, slangily
More clues leading to the result FAWNER
More clues leading to the result ADULATOR
More clues leading to the result LACA
More clues leading to the result BOOTLICKER
More clues leading to the result TAGTAIL
More clues leading to the result SUCKUP
More clues leading to the result SPONGE
- Loofah, e.g.
- Holey water container?
- Mooch
- Kind of bath
- Absorbent wiper
- Moocher
- Spill sopper
- Type of bath or cake
- Freeloader
- Absorbent cleaner
More clues leading to the result LEECH
- Bloodletter's critter
- Hanger-on
- Sponge
- Big sucker
- Bloodsucker
- Sucker
- Moocher
- Annelid useful to ancient doctors
- Annelid used in hirudotherapy
- Sucker at the lake