AYE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

aye 1 of 3

adverb (1)

ˈī

variants also ay

Definition of aye

as in always

on every relevant occasion I aye thought that she was the loveliest woman I ever laid eyes on

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as in forever

for all time a friendship that will aye endure

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aye

2 of 3

adverb (2)

ˈā

variants also ay

as in yes

used to express agreement aye, you're right about that

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aye

3 of 3

noun

variants also ay

as in yea

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Recent Examples of aye

Noun

Ay-ay-ay, my elbow is flaring again. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026 With Cornyn not on the floor, the vote for more than 25 minutes was stuck at 56 ayes and 40 nays, with three other GOP senators, Rick Scott of Florida, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson and Mike Lee of Utah, not voting, for unclear reasons. — Emily Wilkins,dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025 Presuming all 53 Senate Republicans vote aye, at least seven Democrats would have to join a bipartisan majority. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 Last month, the San Francisco central committee resolution passed with 15 aye votes, eight nays and eight abstentions. — Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for aye

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aye

Adverb

Dorsey was founded lab-grown, always marks its products as lab-grown, but has never marketed around the concept, Strachan says.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of always

Adverb

That changed when Carleton Varney, a notable designer from Dorothy Draper & Company, arrived to renovate all 388 rooms on property and allegedly declared that beige would be banned forever.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
And the people that will suffer will be regular people, people who are dumping into the stock market thinking the number will go up forever.

— Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of forever

Noun

There have been a couple of voluntary buyouts during the past 25 yeas.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
And on July 2, after the arrival of British forces in New York lent the proceedings new urgency, Congress did, in fact, declare independence—with a vote of 12 yeas, 0 nays, and 1 abstention.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026

Definition of yea

Adverb

They are constantly and credibly threatened, their locations and details given out in menacing anonymous messages.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
There’s an inventiveness here that comes from the sprawl of the city — artists like myself who are constantly improvising, building their own ecosystems because nothing is handed to them.

— Shelley Holcomb, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of constantly

Adverb

Bagpipes were trotted out, ceilidhs given, drams of whisky poured, and, rather more permanently, heathered swaths of Caledonia repurposed as sporting estates.

— Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
But none were enough to permanently divert him from the 2,193-mile trail that runs between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine.

— Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of permanently

Adverb

Matthew McConaughey hopes that Woody Harrelson has a more than alright, alright, alright 65th birthday.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
And in new data released this week from the Ronald Reagan Institute, there are very clear warnings that the kids aren’t alright with MAGA.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2026

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