say yes

Accept the proposal

To say yes is to agree, consent, or approve.

The phrase often implies yielding to a request or opportunity: She finally said yes to his proposal, Learn to say yes to new experiences.

It can suggest openness or permission where refusal was possible: The bank said yes to our loan application.

agreement

concur

Agree with another

ratify · confirm · validate · acquiesce · subscribe · grant · allow · permit · admit · recognize

approval

sanction

Approval or punitive measure

blessing · nod · back · support · favor · second · uphold · rubber-stamp · sign off · clear

positivity

enthusiasm

Intense eager enjoyment

openness · willingness · receptiveness · embrace · welcome · warmth · readiness · wholeheartedness · keenness · zeal

surrender

capitulate

Yield under pressure

  • yieldProduce or relinquish
  • relentCease resistance or severity
  • give inCease resistance, concede

cave · submit · defer · acquiesce · concede · back down · fold · bend · comply · let go

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Opposites
affirmation vs. refusal

say yessay no

Verbally reject something

refuse · decline · reject · deny · turn down

commitment vs. non-commitment

say yeshold back

Prevent forward movement

abstain · hedge · equivocate · sit on the fence · beg off

openness vs. closure

say yesclose the door on

Refuse to consider further

shut down · block · resist · hold back · balk

Family

say, yes, accept, yeah, consent, approve, assent, accede, aye

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