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

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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. Senate Majority Whip Duck Durbin:

   We need to find a way to stop this perpetual showstopper once and for all, and I've appealed to my colleagues regardless of how they feel about a yes or no vote to change this system. This is just unfair and it's dangerous for our economy.

2. Yara Zaya:

   It's honestly really hard for me because, yes, I do live in the United States now, but Ukraine, it is my home, i love my country, and it's just so hard for me to even think that in 2022, in this world right now, war still exists, and people can kill other people for land and money.

3. Tanya Kateri Hernandez:

   She was signaling to a wider world that yes, she was going to be a part of this royal family but she wasn't leaving her own family, and mother, behind.

4. Steve Rabinowitz:

   Yes, it will be another talking point for right-wing critics of Hillary's. But it will be no more than all their other hypocritical talking points on which they don't hold Republicans to the same standard.

5. Henry Bernstein:

   I think that as much data that’s available should be made public and available for discussion by advisory groups so that the public can see, yes, the available science has been evaluated as best as [possible] at that particular time.

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