Word Type

Verb

Particle

Noun

Intj

Determiner

Proper Noun

The word "yes" can be used as verb, particle, noun, intj, determiner and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

ixnay nay negative no no

Coordinate Terms

nod

Derived Terms

say yes very yes yes and yes and amen yes and no yes homo yes ma'am yes man yes to death yes way yes woman yes, Virginia yes-brainer yes-huh yes-man yes-no yes-no question yes-or-no question yesman yessuh yessum

Etymologically Related To

yea

Context

slang

Has Property

opposite of no

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affirmative

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

I think so OK absolutely all right all righty by all means certainly correct damn right damn straight definitely exactly for sure fuck yeah indubitably okay okey-dokey quite rather right right on right you are right-ho righto righty righty-ho sure sure thing way yas'm yeah-huh yes way yes'm yessir you bet you betcha you'd better believe it

Type Of (IsA)

affirmative affirmative statement

Related Terms

does a bear shit in the woods does the Pope shit in the woods is the Pope Catholic och aye oh ar oh yeah oo arr wye aye yee

Related Terms

affirm agreeing approve excitement flatter joy pleasure yee

Similar Terms

nod

Synonym Network

affirmative arr aye ya yeah yep yup

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.