yeah

adverb

ˈyeə 

ˈyaə

informal

: yes

"Are you ready?" "Yeah, I'm ready."

"Do you want to come?" "Yeah, sure."

Oh yeah, I gotta vote.

—Harper's

"Is that one the dressing room?" asked Bean, pointing to the section with the dresser and the folding screen. "Yeah."

—Annie Barrows

"At first I was all, 'Me? A hero?' And then I got to thinking about it and I realized that, yeah, I am a hero …"

—Rob Long

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're a beautiful lover.

—Irvine Welsh

Yeah, it comes from classical music, but it comes from other places, too …

—David M. Yaffe

When the cowboy would say something like, "Things are quiet around here tonight," she would join in with, "Yeah, too quiet," right on cue.

—Betsy Byars

—often used sarcastically in phrases like yeah, right and yeah, sure to express doubt or disbelief

"I'm a really big fan," gushed [Al Gore]. "Yeah, right," sneered Miss Love.

—Mark Steyn

… she claims technologies like peer-to-peer file swapping are about to put record companies out of business. Yeah, right.

—Smart Business

A "Yeah, sure," reaction from many in the archaeological community to gaudy claims about Warm Mineral Springs was not surprising.

—John Skow

Synonyms

• all right
• alright
• aye
• ay
• exactly
• OK
• okay
• okeydoke
• okeydokey
• yea
• yep
• yes
• yo

Examples of yeah in a Sentence

“Are you coming with us?” “Yeah, I'm coming.”

Yeah, I agree with you.

“That looks good.” “Yeah, I think so too.”

Word History

Etymology

by alteration

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing yeah

• oh yeah
• yeah, right
• yeah, sure

Kids Definition

yeah

adverb

ˈye-ə 

ˈya-ə

informal

: yes entry 1