yes man
Never disagrees aloud
A yes man is someone who agrees with everything a superior says, offering approval rather than honest assessment.
The term is dismissive, implying the person lacks independent judgment or courage: He surrounds himself with yes men who tell him what he wants to hear.
The behavior may stem from self-interest, fear, or genuine sycophancy.
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
- fawnerOne who flatters servilely
lickspittle · groveler · adulator · apple-polisher · suck-up · flunky · lackey · minion
Accepting without resistance
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
submissive · obedient · docile · pliant · malleable · tractable · biddable · meek
Willing to help others
- amenableWilling to comply
- obligingWilling to help others
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
receptive · affirmative · approving · assenting · concurring · endorsing · consenting · uncritical
toady
Obsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
fawner · lickspittle · groveler · adulator · apple-polisher · suck-up · flunky · lackey · minion · stooge
acquiescent
Accepting without resistance
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
servile · submissive · obedient · docile · pliant · malleable · tractable · biddable · meek · unassertive
accommodating
Willing to help others
- amenableWilling to comply
- obligingWilling to help others
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
supportive · receptive · affirmative · approving · assenting · concurring · endorsing · consenting · uncritical · unquestioning
- teacher's petsapple polisher, brown noser, suck up, favorite, teacher's pets
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, follow the crowd
- office politicsoffice politics, backstabbing, power plays, favoritism, nepotism
- Office SatireDilbert, Office Space, The Office, Silicon Valley, buzzword bingo
yes manindependent thinker
One who reasons autonomously
freethinker · dissenter · contrarian · devil's advocate · maverick
yes manrebel
Authority defier
adversary · antagonist · troublemaker · agitator · rabble-rouser
yes mancontrarian
Chronic majority-opposer
dissenter · naysayer · devil's advocate · critic · skeptic