Antonyms for yessed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : yes |
| Phonetic Transcription : yɛs |
Definition of yessed
Origin :- Old English gise, gese "so be it!," probably from gea, ge "so" (see yea) + si "be it!," third person imperative of beon "to be" (see be). Originally stronger than simple yea. Used in Shakespeare mainly as an answer to negative questions. Yes-man is first recorded 1912, American English.
- As in subscribe : verb agree
- As in acquiesce : verb agree with some reluctance
- As in consent : verb agree
- As in agree : verb be in unison, assent with another
- As in grovel : verb abase, demean oneself
- There were many times when I said yes—I yessed him to death, and did as I pleased.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Synonyms for yessed
- accede
- accept
- accommodate
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- adapt
- adjust
- admit
- advocate
- agree
- allow
- apple-polish
- approve
- assent
- autograph
- back
- be of the same mind
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beseech
- blandish
- bless
- boost
- bootlick
- bow and scrape
- bow to
- brown-nose
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- buy
- buy into
- cater to
- cave in
- check
- clinch the deal
- come across
- come around
- come to terms
- comply
- concede
- concur
- conform
- consent
- cosign
- countenance
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- cry uncle
- cut a deal
- ditto
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- endorse
- engage
- fall all over
- favor
- fawn
- flatter
- fold
- get behind
- give blessing
- give carte blanche
- give green light
- give in
- give out
- give stamp of approval give the go-ahead
- give the go-ahead
- give the nod
- give up
- go along
- go along with
- grant
- hold with
- humble oneself
- humor
- implore
- ink
- jibe
- kiss one's feet
- kneel
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- let
- make a deal
- make much of
- make up to
- obey
- okay
- pamper
- pass
- pass on
- permit
- play ball
- play up to
- prostrate
- put John Hancock on
- recognize
- reconcile
- revere
- roll over
- roll over and play dead
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- say uncle
- say yes
- see eye to eye
- set
- settle
- shake on
- side with
- sign
- sign off on
- signature
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- submit
- subscribe
- suck up to
- support
- take
- take one up on
- throw in the towel
- truckle
- undersign
- underwrite
- wheedle
- yes
- yield
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