yes-woman

NOUN

yes-person

Synonyms

WEAK

apple-polisher ass-kisser assenter bootlicker brown-nose camp follower doormat fawner flatterer flunky groveler kowtower lackey minion pawn puppet sheep stooge sycophant toady underling yes-man

Example Sentences

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It's so much easier to be a yes-woman for such a man if you turn your own brain off completely.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

It’s a thankless job, and you have to be a yes-man or yes-woman, when the job isn’t supposed to be that.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2018

Mrs. McCormick, indeed, is said to have described her as a yes-woman for the doctor.

From Time Magazine Archive