accord, concord, concordance; agreement &c 23; affirmance, affirmation;
recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.
unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox
populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public
opinion; concurrence &c (of causes) 178; cooperation &c (voluntary)
709.
ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance,
visa; indorsement &c (record) 551 [Obs.].
consent &c (compliance) 762.
pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure.
V. assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree &c
23; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent,
coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with &c adj.; go along with,
chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's
views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize;
subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say
aye to.
acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede &c (yield)
762; come round to; abide by; permit &c 760.
arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to
terms, come to an agreement.
confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign;
corroborate &c 467.
go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow
with the wind; be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be
one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make
waves; be in every mouth.
Adj. assenting &c v.; of one accord, of one mind; of the same mind, at
one with, agreed, acquiescent, content; willing &c 602.
uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted.
carried, agreed, nem.
con. [Lat.], nemine contradicente [Lat.], &c adv.; unanimous;
agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation.
affirmative &c 535.
Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well
and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, 'thou hast said', you
said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just
it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes [Lat.], ex concesso [Lat.]; of
course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally,
natch.
be it so; so be it, so let it be; amen; willingly &c 602.
affirmatively, in the affirmative.
OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one
voice, with one accord; unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in
chorus, to a man; nem.
con, nemine contradicente [Lat.]; nemine dissentiente [Lat.];
without a dissentient voice; as one man, one and all, on all hands.
Phr. avec plaisir [Fr.]; chi tace accousente [It]; the public mind is
the creation of the Master-Writers [Disraeli]; you bet your sweet ass
it is; what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready; anytime you're
ready.