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 |
| SPONGE | 1 % | 6 |
| LEECH | 1 % | 5 |
| BROWNNOSER | 1 % | 10 |
| YESPERSON | 1 % | 9 |
| SCRAPESHOE | 1 % | 10 |
| FAWNER | 1 % | 6 |
| ADULATOR | 1 % | 8 |
| LACA | 1 % | 4 |
| BOOTLICKER | 1 % | 10 |
| TAGTAIL | 1 % | 7 |
| SUCKUP | 1 % | 6 |
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 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