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Synonyms & Antonyms of yes-man
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
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for yes-man
- apparatchik,
- camp follower,
- flunky
- (also flunkey or flunkie),
- hanger-on,
- henchman,
- lackey,
- lickspittle,
- minion,
- myrmidon,
- satellite,
- stooge,
- sycophant,
- toady
- acolyte,
- adherent,
- convert,
- disciple,
- epigone,
- follower,
- liege man,
- partisan
- (also partizan),
- pupil,
- votarist,
- votary
- ideologist,
- ideologue
- (also idealogue),
- sectarian
- admirer,
- cultist,
- devotee,
- enthusiast,
- fan,
- idolater
- (or idolator),
- worshipper
- (or worshiper),
- zealot
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