Antonyms for YES
yɛsyes

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1. yesadverb

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

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

2. yesadverb

   To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

   Was that a yes?

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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Affirmative

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.7 / 3 votes

1. yesnoun

   an affirmative

   "I was hoping for a yes"

   Antonyms:
   no

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yesadverb

   Synonyms:
   yea, aye, ay

2. yesnoun

   Synonyms:
   affirmative, consent

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nuh-uh

   Submitted by acronimous on July 17, 2023  

How to use YES in a sentence?

1. Jerry Seinfeld:

   Yes, it does, to me it's anti-comedy. It's more about PC-nonsense.

2. Hello Mr.:

   I really got to know Alfred Hitchcock when we went to Stowe, Vermont, whenever we had lunch there, and we were on location 12-14 weeks, all the local women would cook us lunch for the whole crew. And each would bring out their best dishes every day. And whenever we had lunch, Alfred Hitchcock was the first one to examine the dishes … I would just follow Alfred Hitchcock and go, ‘ Oh, was that a good one, Alfred Hitchcock ? ’ And Alfred Hitchcock would go, ‘ Yes, that’s the one I ’m going to have. ’.

3. The President:

   I'm optimistic that it'll be probably around that date. I believe we'll have the vaccine before the end of the year certainly, but around that date, yes. I think so, it wouldn't hurt. It wouldn't hurt. But... I'm doing it, not for the election. I want it fast because I want to save a lot of lives.

4. Elizabeth Smart:

   Wanda Barzee saw me as Wanda Barzee slave. Wanda Barzee called me Wanda Barzee handmaiden and she never hesitated to let her displeasure with me be known, there were times when, yes, absolutely, Wanda Barzee was manipulated by Brian David Mitchell. But she in Wanda Barzee own right abused me as much as Brian David Mitchell did.

5. Mohammed Nuru:

   Yes, we can clean, and then go back a few hours later, and it looks as if it was never cleaned.

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