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

There are references to demons, being burned alive, and the duende king explicitly commands his minions to kill Jo and Raissa.

— Parents, Parents, 25 Sep. 2026
Musashi becomes part of a crew that fights the Genma and Yoshitsune’s minions.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of minion

Noun

But what chance would American soldiers have against a country whose military doctrine has already imagined active resistance in populated areas, backed by citizens who could potentially provide intelligence, surveillance and other forms of support?

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Not so for Cal, who meets soldier Olivier during the Napoleonic Wars and creates a paradox to keep him from dying on the battlefield… only for Olivier to disappear from the timeline entirely.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

For its sycophants, LIV Golf was a new flavor in the vanilla world of professional golf.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Our state is under siege by the skilled sycophants who surround the president and use his base desires as cover for their own destructive agendas.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sycophant

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