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yield

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of yield

1 an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property

the stock's yield has increased over the years

Synonyms of yield

earnings, gain(s), income, incoming(s), proceeds, profit, return, revenue

Words Related to yield

killing, windfall

salary, take-home pay, tips, wages

bankroll, capital, coffers, exchequer, finances, funds, money, pocket, pocketbook, resources, wherewithal

Near Antonyms of yield

charge, cost, disbursement, expenditures, expenses, outgo, outlay

2 something produced by physical or intellectual effort

wheat farmers were able to increase the yield per acre substantially

Synonyms of yield

affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, produce, product, production, thing, work

Words Related to yield

article, commodity, entry, object

goods, line, merchandise, wares

handcraft, handicraft

aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, issue, outcome, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

by-product, derivative, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, residual, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off

3 the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time

the yield from the police department's buyback program for firearms was staggering

Synonyms of yield

bounty, catch, haul, take

Words Related to yield

earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings

booty, loot, plunder, spoils, swag

appropriation, collection

Near Antonyms of yield

deduction, loss, subtraction

yield

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of yield

1 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 of yield

bow, cave (in), give in, submit, succumb, surrender

Words Related to yield

cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallow

acquiesce (to), concede (to)

buckle (under), knuckle under

Near Antonyms of yield

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand

bridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle

Antonyms of yield

hold off, resist

2 to produce as revenue

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

Synonyms of yield

bear, give, pay, return

Words Related to yield

afford, furnish, provide, supply

3 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 of yield

blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender

Words Related to yield

Phrases Synonymous with yield

say uncle, throw in the towel (also throw in the sponge)

Near Antonyms of yield

contend, fight, hold off

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand

Antonyms of yield

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

the sort of embarrassing question that seldom yields an honest answer

Synonyms of yield

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work

Words Related to yield

conduce (to), contribute (to)

decide, determine

begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start

advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

enact, render, turn out

Phrases Synonymous with yield

bring forth, give rise to

Near Antonyms of yield

impede, limit, restrict

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard

can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still

abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

5 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the door soon yielded to the battering ram

Synonyms of yield

buckle, cave (in), collapse, crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, tumble

Words Related to yield

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap

Phrases Synonymous with yield

give way

Near Antonyms of yield

inflate, rise, swell

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

refusing to yield the city to enemy troops

Synonyms of yield

cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, surrender, turn in, turn over

Words Related to yield

commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer

forfeit, release, waive

abnegate, renounce, resign

abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms of yield

keep, retain, withhold

7 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 of yield

abandon, deliver, give up, indulge, surrender

Words Related to yield

overdo, overindulge

bask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow

Near Antonyms of yield

abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo (also forego), refrain (from)

check, inhibit, restrain

Antonyms of yield

Synonym Discussion of yield

yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

- yields too easily in any argument

submit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another.

- a repentant sinner vowing to submit to the will of God

capitulate stresses the fact of ending all resistance and may imply either a coming to terms (as with an adversary) or hopelessness in the face of an irresistible opposing force.

- officials capitulated to the protesters' demands

succumb implies weakness and helplessness to the one that gives way or an overwhelming power to the opposing force.

- a stage actor succumbing to the lure of Hollywood

relent implies a yielding through pity or mercy by one who holds the upper hand.

- finally relented and let the children stay up late

defer implies a voluntary yielding or submitting out of respect or reverence for or deference and affection toward another.

- I defer to your expertise in these matters

synonyms see in addition relinquish

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