Join free

yep

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

yep¹

  • /jɛp/
  • [jɛp̚]
  • [jɛʔ]
  • [jɛʔp̚]

Rhymes with -ɛp

Where it comes from

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

interjection

  1. informal Yes.

    Similar: See Thesaurus:yay, See Thesaurus:wow · Opposite: nope

noun yeps

  1. informal Yes. I'll take that as a yep, then.

YEP²

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Yorkshire Evening Post

Yep³

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip⁶).

proper noun Yeps

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: yea, yup, yes, well, sure, right, aye, yeah, oui, yeap, yay, okay, garn, yah, zoo, gaby

Translations

Every language

intj informal "yes"

Españolsip
한국어응 eung, 어 eo, 넵 nep
日本語うん un, そう sō, ええ ē, ああ ā
中文是啊 shì a, 對啊 /对啊 duì a, 啊 à, 嗯 ǹg
Portuguêsaham
Françaisouaip, mouais, moui, voui ouin
Deutschjo
Italianogià
Românămda, dap
Русскийага́ agá, ahá, угу́ ugú, uhú, так tak, ну nu
Tiếng Việtừ, ờ

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"yep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yep. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

yep. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yep

Chicago

"yep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yep.

BibTeX
@misc{yep_2026,
  title = {yep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}