Usually means: Always agrees, never challenges authority.
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  1. yes man: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. yes-man: Merriam-Webster
  3. yes-man: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. yes man: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. yes man: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. yes-man: Wordnik
  8. yes-man: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. yes-man, yes man: Wiktionary
  10. yes-man: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. yes-man: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. yes-man, yes man: Dictionary.com
  13. The Yes Man, Yes Man (book), Yes Man (film), Yes Man (song), Yes-man, Yes man (disambiguation), Yes man: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. yes-man: Rhymezone
  15. yes-man: FreeDictionary.org
  16. yes-man: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. yes-man, yes man: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. yes-man: Encyclopedia

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  1. yes-man, yes man: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yes man)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.

Similar:
flunky, flunkey, dweeb, stooge, dittohead, yeasayer, minion, sheeple, poodle, lap dog, more...

Opposite:
contrarian, dissenter, skeptic, critic

Types:
sycophant, flatterer, bootlicker, brown-noser, apple-polisher, lickspittle, doormat, lapdog, more...



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Similar:
flunky, flunkey, dweeb, stooge, dittohead, yeasayer, minion, sheeple, poodle, lap dog, more...

Opposite:
contrarian, dissenter, skeptic, critic

Types:
sycophant, flatterer, bootlicker, brown-noser, apple-polisher, lickspittle, doormat, lapdog, more...



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