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YES-MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yes-man mean?
• YES-MAN (noun)
The noun YES-MAN has 1 sense:
1. a person of unquestioning obedience
Familiarity information: YES-MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of unquestioning obedience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
flunkey; flunky; stooge; yes-man
Hypernyms ("yes-man" is a kind of...):
follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yes-man"):
pushover (someone who is easily taken advantage of)
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