Dictionary

yes man en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /jɛs mæn/

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
   • Rice is a "yes man," says one former top government official. "She thinks her job is just to figure out what the president is trying to say and then to say it more articulately." 2003 March 21, Evan Thomas, “The 12 Year Itch”, in Newsweek:
   • Crowds of yes men elbowed one another out of the way, hoping to get a chance to kiss the boss's ring.
   • The function of a Vice-President is the job of a yes-man, as they call it in America. 1868, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary debates, volume 55, numbers 13-25, page 2437:

Forms

Antonyms

truthteller · hero · mensch

Deriveds

yesmanship · yesmanism

Synonyms

toady · asskisser · ass-licker · Uriah Heep · bootlicker · yea-sayer · suck-up · yeasayer · sycophant · brown noser

Translations (52)

pt pau-mandado (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · pdt Jo-brooda (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ru лизоблю́д (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · az ələkçinin qıl verəni (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ru подпева́ла (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · pl potakiwacz (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · cmn 應聲蟲 /应声虫 (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ja イエスマン (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · de Jasager (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · la assentātor (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · it yes man (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · hi जी-हुज़ूर (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ro pupincurist (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · cs poskok (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · fr béni-oui-oui (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · hu fejbólintó János (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · es sacristán de amén (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · sh pòslūšnīk (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · es lameculos (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ko 아첨군 (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ar إِمَّعَة (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · sv ja-sägare (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yue 應聲蟲 /应声虫 (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ta ஜால்ரா (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · cmn 跟屁蟲 /跟屁虫 (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · nl jabroer (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · fi jees-mies (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ru подхали́м (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yi אונטערבאָמקער (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ru сикофа́нт (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ta பூம்பூம்மாடு (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · sh по̀слӯшнӣк (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · mk ами́нџија (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · bg послушко (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · da jasiger (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · ro lingușitor (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · fa بلهقربانگو (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · pt puxa-saco (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · nb nikkedukke (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · pt lambe-botas (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yi באַסאָק (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · af jabroer (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · he יסמן (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · nl jaknikker (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · hi चमचा (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · nb spyttslikker (spilt-licker) (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yi פּאָטאַקעווער (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · tr evet efendimci (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yi צובאָמקער (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · mk климогла́вец (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · sv nickedocka (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) · yue 好好先生 (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior)