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adjective yield·ing \ ˈyēl-diŋ \

Definition of yielding

1 :productive

a high-yielding wheat

2 :lacking rigidity or stiffness :flexible

3 :disposed to submit or comply

a docile and yielding temperament

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Examples of yielding in a Sentence

She has a gentle, yielding temperament.
The seat was made with a soft and yielding material.

First Known Use of yielding

1533

yielding Synonyms

Synonyms

acquiescent, nonresistant, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, unresistant, passive

Antonyms

protesting, resistant, resisting, unyielding

Related Words

forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), uncomplaining; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformable, conformist, docile, guidable, law-abiding, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing; obeisant, submissive, surrendering; amiable, obliging; slavish, subservient; disciplined, governable, manageable; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive

Near Antonyms

defiant; contrary, contumacious, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward; balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded; headstrong, willful (or wilful); indomitable; undisciplined, unmanageable; dissident, nonconformist

YIELDING Defined for English Language Learners

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adjective

Definition of yielding for English Language Learners

: tending to do or willing to do what other people want
: producing an indicated amount of something
: bending or stretching easily : not rigid or stiff

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