Synonyms for yes
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1. yesadverb

   Synonyms:
   ay, affirmative, yup, uh huh, yeah, mhm, yus, ya, yah, yeh, yea, yeppers, ahuh, aye, yuppers, yep, yassuh

   Antonyms:
   no, nay, negative, nah, ixnay, nope, naw

2. yesadverb

   To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

   Was that a yes?

   Synonyms:
   yassuh, ay, ya, uh huh, yeah, yup, yep, yus, yah, ahuh, yeh, aye, yea, yeppers, mhm, yuppers, affirmative

   Antonyms:
   negative, nay, no, naw, ixnay, nah, nope

3. yesadverb

   A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and one no.

   Synonyms:
   ay, yeah, ahuh, mhm, aye, yus, yep, yea, yup, affirmative, ya, uh huh, yuppers, yeh, yassuh, yeppers, yah

   Antonyms:
   no, nope, ixnay, nah, naw, nay, negative

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1. yesnoun

   an affirmative

   "I was hoping for a yes"

   Antonyms:
   no

Matched Categories

1. • Affirmative

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1. yesadjective

   Synonyms:
   yea, ay, aye

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1. yesadverb

   Synonyms:
   yea, aye, ay

2. yesnoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmative, consent

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1. List of paraphrases for "yes":

   yeah, sim, yep, oui, aye, -yes, sí, -yeah, yup, yea, sure, affirmative, so, um, jah, right, yeses, eah, if, oh, okay

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1. David Alicea:

   Yes, you can make overtime, but we're putting them through the meat grinder, we're abusing them because we are short-staffed, and they are not getting their rest periods. They get laid off when fire season is over, and they choose not to come back.

2. Kelly Amar:

   We were not expecting this at all, we said, Are you sure? She said Yes, thank you. I love this place, Im so happy to do this for you. It was a really special moment.

3. Ian Taylor:

   Can the market make room for (Iran)? Probably yes, but I'm not sure the market can make room for that and a doubling or tripling of Libyan production, which is my other big worry, the Libyans could easily get back 300,000 or 400,000 bpd. If you have 500,000 from Iran and 400,000 from Libya and you lose 1 million barrels from the Americans, you're back to where you started, which is why I don't see the market moving hugely.

4. Shailene Woodley:

   Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged, but for us, it's not new news, you know, so it's kind of funny, everybody right now is freaking out over it, and we're like, 'Yeah we've been engaged for a while.'.

5. Rebecca Eltzroth:

   At that point, the flight attendant handed the phone over to Sam and he proposed over the PA system, I nodded my head yes! and he walked back to our row, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.