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a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval
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Recent Examples of yes-man
The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If Warsh came to be regarded as a yes-man for Trump, that would be very negative for the dollar.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.
—Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
Forcing out Powell and replacing him with a 'yes-man' sends a message that the U.S. economy is just another arm of the White House.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If Warsh came to be regarded as a yes-man for Trump, that would be very negative for the dollar.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.
—Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
Forcing out Powell and replacing him with a 'yes-man' sends a message that the U.S. economy is just another arm of the White House.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yes-man
Noun
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Your president and his minions spread war, chaos, lies and economic instability.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Scott Quigley, a loyal minion of yet another septuagenarian Democrat hack DA, Marian Ryan of Middlesex County.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In a 1916 study, Navy soldiers seemed to better learn Morse code when it was played overnight.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Ryan shot back, quoting a soldier from the CBS report, that telling the truth is important.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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He’d been struck that the Milwaukee branch of the adherents to his cause were forever boasting about their superior sanitation systems.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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TikTok obsessives, wellness-culture adherents, and misinformation junkies all end up in need of care.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Republicans in Congress have become spineless sycophants to a president who only sees the beauty of this country in dollar signs.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Will any other sycophants in his cult get the message?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Yes-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yes-man. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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