yep

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/jɛp/[jɛp̚][jɛʔ][jɛʔp̚]

interjection

Yes.

“I'll take that as a yep, then.”

Similar
See Thesaurus:yaySee Thesaurus:wow
Opposite
nope
OriginCantonese 葉 /叶 →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

yep1

interjection
  1. informalYes.

    Synonyms: See Thesaurus:yay, See Thesaurus:wow · Antonyms: nope

nounyep (plural yeps)

plural yeps

  1. informalYes.

    I'll take that as a yep, then.

YEP2

proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Yorkshire Evening Post.

Yep3

proper nounYep (plural Yeps)

plural Yeps

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionYes.

Similar
See Thesaurus:yaySee Thesaurus:wow
Opposite
nope
Also see
arryeayeahyesyup

Origin

yep · interjection, noun

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (yeah + -p). Compare yup and nope. Compare also German jap (“yep”).

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Yep · proper noun

  1. Cantonese葉 /叶
  2. EnglishYep

From Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip⁶).

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Translations

Arabic أَيْوَة, إِيَّة
  • أَيْوَة (ʔaywa)informal "yes"
  • إِيَّة (ʔiyya)informal "yes"
  • آ (ʔā)informal "yes"
Catalan sip
  • sipinformal "yes"
Chinese Mandarin 是啊, 對啊 /对啊
  • 是啊 (shì a)informal "yes"
  • 對啊 /对啊 (duì a)informal "yes"
  • 啊 (à)informal "yes"
  • 嗯 (ǹg)informal "yes"
Czech jo
  • joinformal "yes"
Danish jep
  • jepinformal "yes"
Finnish joo, juu
  • jooinformal "yes"
  • juuinformal "yes"
  • jepinformal "yes"
French ouaip, mouais
  • ouaipinformal "yes"
  • mouaisinformal "yes"
  • mouiinformal "yes"
  • voui ouininformal "yes"
German jo
  • joinformal "yes"
Hungarian ja
  • jainformal "yes"
Italian già
  • giàinformal "yes"
Japanese うん, そう
  • うん (un)informal "yes"
  • そう (sō)informal "yes"
  • ええ (ē)informal "yes"
  • ああ (ā)informal "yes"
Korean 응, 어
  • 응 (eung)informal "yes"
  • 어 (eo)informal "yes"
  • 넵 (nep)informal "yes"
Latin etiam
  • etiaminformal "yes"
Norwegian Bokmål jepp
  • jeppinformal "yes"
Persian آره
  • آره (âre)informal "yes"
Polish no, ta
  • noinformal "yes"
  • tainformal "yes"
Portuguese aham
  • ahaminformal "yes"
Romanian mda, dap
  • mdainformal "yes"
  • dapinformal "yes"
Russian ага́, угу́
  • ага́ (agá, ahá)informal "yes"
  • угу́ (ugú, uhú)informal "yes"
  • так (tak)informal "yes"
  • ну (nu)informal "yes"
Spanish sip
  • sipinformal "yes"
Swedish jäpp, jepp
  • jäppinformal "yes"
  • jeppinformal "yes"
  • jappinformal "yes"
Vietnamese ừ, ờ
  • ừinformal "yes"
  • ờinformal "yes"

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yep

steprepeppephepgrepdoorstepcepcrepestrepsteppeshepDieppecrepoverstepschlepskepsleep dep
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Anagrams

pye
Cite this entry
APA

yep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yep

MLA

“yep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yep. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yep,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yep.

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