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yielding

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of yielding

1 receiving or enduring without offering resistance
  • a person too yielding to even stand up for his own rights
Synonyms of yielding

acquiescent, nonresistant, passive, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, unresistant
Words Related to yielding

forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), uncomplaining

agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, docile, guidable, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing

obeisant, submissive, surrendering

amiable, obliging

slavish, subservient

disciplined, governable, manageable

apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive
Near Antonyms of yielding

defiant

contrary, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward

balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded

headstrong, willful (or wilful)

indomitable

undisciplined, unmanageable

dissident, nonconformist
Antonyms of yielding

protesting, resistant, resisting, unyielding
2 not stiff in structure
  • After sitting on a hard bench for hours, I was happy to sink into the sofa's yielding cushions.
Synonyms of yielding

droopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp
Words Related to yielding

flabby, mushy, semisoft, soft, squashy, squishy

delicate, flimsy, insubstantial

elastic, flexible, lax, loose, pliant, relaxed, resilient, springy, stretchy, supple
Near Antonyms of yielding

firm, hard, indurated, solid, sound, strong

brittle, crisp

compact, dense, substantial
Antonyms of yielding

inflexible, resilient, rigid, stiff, sturdy, tense

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