AYE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

aye 1 of 3

adverb (1)

ˈī

variants also ay

Definition of aye

as in always

on every relevant occasion I aye thought that she was the loveliest woman I ever laid eyes on

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as in forever

for all time a friendship that will aye endure

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aye

2 of 3

adverb (2)

ˈā

variants also ay

as in yes

used to express agreement aye, you're right about that

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aye

3 of 3

noun

variants also ay

as in yea

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Noun

With Cornyn not on the floor, the vote for more than 25 minutes was stuck at 56 ayes and 40 nays, with three other GOP senators, Rick Scott of Florida, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson and Mike Lee of Utah, not voting, for unclear reasons. — Emily Wilkins,dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025 Presuming all 53 Senate Republicans vote aye, at least seven Democrats would have to join a bipartisan majority. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 Last month, the San Francisco central committee resolution passed with 15 aye votes, eight nays and eight abstentions. — Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the decision following an endorsement from the Chamber of Deputies and a Senate vote that saw 76 ayes, five nays and 35 abstentions. — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for aye

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Adverb

Crowley's mention of the Evers endorsement drew a round of applause at both of his campaign stops in New Glarus and Madison this week, but similar votes of confidence haven't always been decisive in other primaries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
For Braswell, the winning combination has always been travel and the outdoors, two of her greatest joys.

— Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of always

Adverb

For health systems and technology companies racing to build AI diagnostic tools, the split in the research points toward a design problem rather than a simple yes-or-no verdict on AI’s competence.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
The answer is yes, and the computer proved it, controversially, by checking 1,936 cases in a way no human could realistically verify.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Definition of yes

Noun

And on July 2, after the arrival of British forces in New York lent the proceedings new urgency, Congress did, in fact, declare independence—with a vote of 12 yeas, 0 nays, and 1 abstention.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
Caltrans has cleaned up the site twice over the past five yeas.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 June 2026

Definition of yea

Adverb

But her colleagues were constantly discussing their latest stock trades.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The organization tasked with enforcing its own rules is constantly reacting to another lawsuit filed in state or federal court by an athlete seeking an additional year of eligibility.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of constantly

Adverb

Democrats say Blanche’s order doesn’t go far enough to prevent the administration from reviving plans for the fund after the acting attorney general’s confirmation and have called for legislation to permanently bar it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The city’s direction calls for Stonegate to permanently close at the end of its useful life within the next 10 years, instead of rebuilding it as the plan originally intended.

— Taylor O'Connor August 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of permanently

Adverb

Matthew McConaughey hopes that Woody Harrelson has a more than alright, alright, alright 65th birthday.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
And in new data released this week from the Ronald Reagan Institute, there are very clear warnings that the kids aren’t alright with MAGA.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2026

Definition of alright

Adverb

The actors playing those roles — Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone — invariably became romantic partners so when the series was revived with Holland, with Zendaya as MJ, producer Amy Pascal warned them not to date.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Cohn, who was a closeted gay man, was invariably attracted to what could be called über-Gentiles—tall, fair-haired, blue-eyed.

— Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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