YES-MAN Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

yes-man

noun

Definition of yes-man

as in minion

disapproving a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval corporate yes-men

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Recent Examples of yes-man The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy. — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026 Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply? — Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025 The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee. — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yes-man

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Noun

Daniel isn’t this devil’s only minion; Armand’s got an Illumination movie’s worth of cronies doing his bidding.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
In my view, we are no longer respected by our foreign allies, the poor are getting poorer, and his wealthy minions are getting richer at our expense.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Definition of minion

Noun

Plus, the constant convoys of soldiers driving in and out of the base just down the street gave them a sense of security and pride.

— Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Hundreds of army troops, special forces soldiers and police officers were dispatched across the state after the slayings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

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Noun

Sloganeering was the lingua franca of what adherents referred to as the Stanley Opportunity.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

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