yeah, right

yeah, right

See also: yeah right

English

Alternative forms

• yeah right

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jæ ɹaɪt/, (disbelief) [jæə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], (affirmative) [jæə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧]

Note: see tone letters on Wikipedia for an explanation of the symbols ˥, ˧, etc.

Interjection

yeah, right

1. (idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.

   Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right.

2. (colloquial, literally) Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct.
   • 2007 Matthew B.J. Delaney, Jinn: A Novel:

     “You were watching the front.”
     “Oh yeah, right. So I'm watching the front, and I hear this commotion upstairs. So as I'm looking up, something catches my eye.”

Synonyms

• (Sarcastic disbelief): no, no way, uh-uh

Antonyms

• (Correct, affirmative, yes): yeah right, right-o, yes, correct

Translations

sarcasm to express disbelief

Armenian: չէ, հա՞ (čʿē, ha?) Dutch: tuurlijk (nl), vast (nl), ja hoor Finnish: just (fi), niin vissiin French: ouais, c'est ça (yeah, that's it), ouais, t'as raison (yeah, you're right), mon œil (fr) German: ja, klar Navajo: ęʼęh, isdaʼ

Norwegian: Bokmål: særlig (no), veldig (no), sikkert (no), det skal du få meg til å tro (try to make me believe that) Polish: tak jasne, ta jasne, no na bank Portuguese: sei (pt), claro (pt) Russian: ага, коне́чно (aga, konéčno) Swedish: sällan (sv), säkert (sv), visst (sv)