Synonyms of yielding

yielding 1 of 3

noun

as in surrender

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrender
• acquiescence
• capitulation
• obeisance
• submissiveness
• tractability
• obsequiousness
• amenability
• deference
• teachableness
• docility
• humility
• agreeability
• subservience
• servility
• subserviency
• meekness
• tractableness
• submission
• trainability
• subordination
• obedience
• suppression
• conformity
• compliance
• abidance
• modesty
• dutifulness
• slavishness
• restraint
• repression
• inhibition
• subordinateness
• control
• discipline
• order

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rebellion
• defiance
• disobedience
• insubordination
• noncompliance
• waywardness
• refractoriness
• recalcitrance
• intractability
• rebelliousness
• contumacy
• unruliness
• willfulness
• self-will
• revolt
• contrariness
• noncooperation
• disrespect
• insurrection
• insolence
• rebelling
• recusancy
• frowardness
• outbreak
• impudence
• balkiness
• rudeness
• insurgency
• mutiny
• obstinacy
• stubbornness
• perversity
• insurgence
• obstreperousness
• pigheadedness
• misbehavior
• dissent
• hardheadedness
• naughtiness
• mischievousness
• obstinateness
• dissidence
• mutinousness
• mulishness

yielding

2 of 3

adjective

1

as in resigned

receiving or enduring without offering resistance

a person too yielding to even stand up for his own rights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resigned
• obedient
• passive
• willing
• acquiescent
• tolerant
• tolerating
• nonresistant
• surrendering
• unresistant
• complying
• subordinate
• patient
• pliant
• tractable
• compliant
• conformable
• stoic
• forbearing
• stoical
• docile
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• amenable
• pliable
• obliging
• submissive
• conformist
• manageable
• amiable
• impassive
• agreeable
• subservient
• slavish
• obeisant
• law-abiding
• unresponsive
• governable
• uncaring
• guidable
• disciplined
• apathetic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resistant
• resisting
• protesting
• unyielding
• contrary
• defiant
• refractory
• uncontrollable
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• rebellious
• insurgent
• insubordinate
• unruly
• disobedient
• mutinous
• restive
• wayward
• contumacious
• perverse
• wilful
• ungovernable
• untoward
• balky
• willful
• wrongheaded
• indomitable
• unmanageable
• headstrong
• froward
• incompliant
• undisciplined
• dissident
• nonconformist

2

as in limp

not stiff in structure

after sitting on a hard bench for hours, I was happy to sink into the sofa's yielding cushions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limp
• floppy
• soft
• flaccid
• lank
• delicate
• relaxed
• droopy
• loose
• flabby
• pliant
• mushy
• flexible
• squashy
• insubstantial
• squishy
• elastic
• supple
• resilient
• flimsy
• semisoft
• lax
• springy
• stretchy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rigid
• strong
• solid
• sound
• stiff
• resilient
• sturdy
• hard
• firm
• tense
• inflexible
• substantial
• dense
• crisp
• brittle
• compact
• indurated

yielding

3 of 3

verb

present participle of yield

1

as in succumbing

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)

I finally yielded to temptation and had a bowl of ice cream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbing
• submitting
• bowing
• surrendering
• giving in
• gratifying
• caving (in)
• indulging
• catering (to)
• wallowing
• conceding (to)
• buckling (under)
• acquiescing (to)
• giving over (to)
• knuckling under

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• facing
• opposing
• confronting
• fighting
• combating
• meeting
• countering
• objecting
• combatting
• defying
• battling
• withstanding
• repelling
• rejecting
• thwarting
• holding off
• checking
• breasting
• restraining
• inhibiting
• constraining
• stifling
• curbing
• bridling

2

as in giving

to produce as revenue

I expect that stock to yield at least 14% profit this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giving
• paying
• providing
• returning
• bearing
• supplying
• affording
• furnishing
• netting
• bringing in
• paying off

3

as in submitting

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

after initially balking at the order, the soldier yielded when the commanding officer threatened a formal charge of insubordination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbing
• submitting
• surrendering
• conceding
• bowing
• capitulating
• relenting
• giving in
• budging
• blinking
• throwing in the sponge
• quitting
• acquiescing
• throwing in the towel
• knuckling under
• deferring
• saying uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• fighting
• contending
• facing
• opposing
• confronting
• combating
• meeting
• countering
• objecting
• combatting
• battling
• defying
• repelling
• withstanding
• thwarting
• holding off
• breasting

4

as in causing

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the sort of embarrassing question that seldom yields an honest answer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• causing
• creating
• generating
• bringing
• prompting
• producing
• doing
• spawning
• inducing
• working
• making
• effecting
• invoking
• bringing about
• catalyzing
• resulting (in)
• breeding
• giving rise to
• engendering
• translating (into)
• occasioning
• effectuating
• drawing on
• introducing
• encouraging
• begetting
• promoting
• bringing forth
• bringing on
• establishing
• initiating
• determining
• contributing (to)
• launching
• developing
• cultivating
• inaugurating
• instituting
• starting
• fostering
• rendering
• pioneering
• beginning
• deciding
• founding
• enacting
• nurturing
• advancing
• furthering
• conducing (to)
• setting
• forwarding
• setting up
• innovating
• fathering
• nourishing
• turning out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• crushing
• suppressing
• controlling
• subduing
• stifling
• smothering
• repressing
• checking
• restraining
• inhibiting
• quashing
• arresting
• dampening
• quelling
• curbing
• putting down
• killing
• retarding
• squashing
• destroying
• squelching
• extinguishing
• abolishing
• quenching
• cracking down (on)
• clamping down (on)
• liquidating
• demolishing
• reining (in)
• canning
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

5

as in collapsing

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the door soon yielded to the battering ram

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• crumpling
• tumbling
• giving
• going
• buckling
• melting
• shattering
• giving way
• dying
• foundering
• going out
• crumbling
• imploding
• crashing
• caving (in)
• breaking
• bursting
• flattening
• snapping
• splitting
• failing
• stalling
• smashing
• cracking
• popping
• deflating
• melting down
• splintering
• giving out
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

6

as in relinquishing

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

refusing to yield the city to enemy troops

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishing
• surrendering
• rendering
• delivering
• ceding
• transferring
• abandoning
• turning in
• giving up
• turning over
• committing
• laying down
• resigning
• handing over
• releasing
• entrusting
• forfeiting
• waiving
• coughing up
• discarding
• consigning
• renouncing
• shedding
• forsaking
• deserting
• intrusting
• parting (with)
• abnegating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• retaining
• withholding

7

as in indulging

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

she yielded herself to temptation and booked a month-long vacation in the Bahamas like she'd wanted to for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulging
• surrendering
• abandoning
• delivering
• giving up
• reveling
• overdoing
• basking
• revelling
• rolling
• overindulging
• wallowing
• luxuriating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• eschewing
• foregoing
• checking
• restraining
• refraining (from)
• inhibiting
• abstaining (from)
• forgoing
• forbearing