yea-sayer

noun

yea-say·​er ˈyā-ˌsā-ər 

-ˌser

1

: one whose attitude is that of confident affirmation

2

: yes-man

Examples of yea-sayer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By 2011, most of the political elite had come around to the same conclusion; the final yea-sayers were silenced forever when Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant melted down that spring. — Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for yea-sayer

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