YIELDS Synonyms: 290 Similar and Opposite Words

yields 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of yield

as in succumbs

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

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as in gives

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

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as in submits

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

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as in causes

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the sort of embarrassing question that seldom yields an honest answer

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as in collapses

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the door soon yielded to the battering ram

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as in relinquishes

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress refusing to yield the city to enemy troops

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as in indulges

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

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yields

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noun

plural of yield

as in products

something produced by physical or intellectual effort wheat farmers were able to increase the yield per acre substantially

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as in bounties

the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time the yield from the police department's buyback program for firearms was staggering

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Recent Examples of yields

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Expensive oil has already sent inflation higher, which increases not only bills for households but also yields in the bond market. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 The slow ride across is relaxing and often yields dolphin sightings. —

Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 May 2026 Retatrutide, one of Lilly’s experimental obesity drugs, yields weight loss approaching that of bariatric surgery, albeit with side effects and high rates of discontinuation, in a late-stage study. —

Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Real talk, Palmer is one of pop culture’s most incandescent figures, whose natural cadence and sense of self yields an approachably bawdy humor. —

Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026 Different fermentation times create different textures and tastes — a shorter fermentation can produce a milder, sweeter yogurt, while longer fermentation yields something tangier and firmer. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026 The combination yields a soft and sweet look. —

Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026 Characteristically, Czernowin’s control of timbre, texture, and structure yields a kind of cataclysmic grandeur. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Sometimes a broken bat yields a hit. —

C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 14 May 2026

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Credit calm Cyclical parts of the equity market have surely not been ignoring the frictional effects of elevated oil prices, higher Treasury yields and dashed hopes of Federal Reserve rate cuts. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2026 SiC wafers are several times more expensive per unit area than comparable silicon substrates, and while device efficiency gains can offset system-level costs, the economics depend heavily on achieving high wafer yields. —

Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026 Government bond yields, which heavily influence consumer borrowing rates, also rose slightly alongside energy prices. —

Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 June 2026 Lower pulp yields were mostly attributed to pretreatment losses and expected to significantly improve as batch sizes increase. —

Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 1 June 2026 Costlier crude stokes inflation worries and lifts Treasury yields, putting pressure on smaller and rate-sensitive companies even as investors wager a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could eventually ease energy strains. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 According to weather experts, under prolonged moderate drought conditions lasting more than one month, honey production declines, irrigation use increases, hay and grain yields are lower than normal, trees and fish are stressed and voluntary water conservation is usually requested. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026 Expensive oil has already sent inflation around the world higher, which not only increases bills for households but also pushes up bond yields. —

Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 1 June 2026 Its execution track record and mature yields have established it as the industry’s default manufacturing partner for Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), and Qualcomm (QCOM). —

Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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How to Tackle Lawn Fungus Whether or not your lawn succumbs to a fungal disease is not entirely within your control.

— David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
In the May 10 episode of Marshals, Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) lose another of their former Navy SEAL teammates, as Garrett (Riley Green) succumbs to his injuries from a fire.

— Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026