Yes-man

//jɛs mæn//

Synonyms for "yes-man" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

apple polisher babbitt backslapper bootlicker bourgeois brown nose brownie burgher cog conformist courtier creature dummy

Strong matches (19)

dupe faithful servant flatterer follower formalist groveler helot hoi polloi inferior instrument jackal junior lackey lightweight lower class masses mealymouth

Noun(2 words)

flunkey flunky

Related words (32)

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More general

1 entries

follower

Translations

7 translations across 7 languages.

Japanese

1 entries

イエスマン noun (Noun)

Latin

1 entries

assentātor noun (Noun)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Jo-brooda noun (Noun)

Russian

1 entries

подпева́ла noun (Noun)

Spanish

1 entries

pelotillero noun (Noun)

Swahili

1 entries

ndiyo-mtu noun (Noun)

Turkish

1 entries

evetçi noun (Noun)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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He was no better than a yes-man.

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He's a yes-man.

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Tom is a yes-man.

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