Synonyms for yielding
ˈyil dɪŋyield·ing

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1. yielding

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

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1. yielding

   Synonyms:
   conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, accommoding, unresisting

   Antonyms:
   firm, defiant, stiff, hard, unyielding, resisting, unfruitful

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1. giving up, yielding, surrendernoun

   a verbal act of admitting defeat

   Synonyms:
   fall, capitulation, forsaking, concession, surrender, resignation, giving up, conceding

   Antonyms:
   hard, uncompromising, stubborn, inflexible, unregenerate, obstinate, sturdy

2. concession, conceding, yieldingadjective

   the act of conceding or yielding

   Synonyms:
   concession, conceding, grant, surrender, giving up

   Antonyms:
   unregenerate, obstinate, sturdy, inflexible, uncompromising, hard, stubborn

3. yieldingadjective

   inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

   "a timid yielding person"

   Antonyms:
   sturdy, obstinate, inflexible, stubborn, uncompromising, hard, unregenerate

4. yieldingadjective

   lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

   "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, inflexible, sturdy, unregenerate, stubborn, uncompromising, hard

5. yieldingadjective

   tending to give in or surrender or agree

   "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, uncompromising, sturdy, hard, inflexible

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1. yieldingadjective

   Synonyms:
   submissive, complying, compliant, accommodating, unresisting, facile

2. yieldingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliable, pliant, supple, flexible, flexile, plastic

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1. yieldingadjective

   Synonyms:
   compliant, tractable, submissive, amenable, unresisting, docile, indulgent, irresolute, facile, plastic, fictile, pliant, flexible

   Antonyms:
   unyielding

2. yieldingnoun

   Synonyms:
   production, bearing, surrender, relinquishment, submission, compliance, acquiescence, succumbing

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1. National Science Foundation:

   Black holes have sparked imaginations for decades, they have exotic properties and are mysterious to us. Yet with more observations like this one they are yielding their secrets. This is why NSF exists. We enable scientists and engineers to illuminate the unknown, to reveal the subtle and complex majesty of our universe.

2. Josh Peters:

   When I look at utilities that are yielding in the 4-percent range, I think they're priced for what I'd call a normal 10-year Treasury yield - call it 4 or 5 percent - because with utilities you're still going to get some earnings growth, i'd have a similar take on REITs.

3. Elizabeth II:

   We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

4. Bette Davis:

   Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

5. Bette Davis:

   Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone -- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.