Antonyms for yielding
ˈyil dɪŋyield·ing

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1. yielding

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

   Synonyms:
   amenable, compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable

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1. yielding

   Antonyms:
   firm, defiant, stiff, hard, unyielding, resisting, unfruitful

   Synonyms:
   conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, accommoding, unresisting

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1. giving up, yielding, surrendernoun

   a verbal act of admitting defeat

   Antonyms:
   hard, uncompromising, stubborn, inflexible, unregenerate, obstinate, sturdy

   Synonyms:
   fall, capitulation, forsaking, concession, surrender, resignation, giving up, conceding

2. concession, conceding, yieldingadjective

   the act of conceding or yielding

   Antonyms:
   unregenerate, obstinate, sturdy, inflexible, uncompromising, hard, stubborn

   Synonyms:
   concession, conceding, grant, surrender, giving up

3. yieldingadjective

   inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

   "a timid yielding person"

   Antonyms:
   sturdy, obstinate, inflexible, stubborn, uncompromising, hard, unregenerate

4. yieldingadjective

   lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

   "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, inflexible, sturdy, unregenerate, stubborn, uncompromising, hard

5. yieldingadjective

   tending to give in or surrender or agree

   "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate, uncompromising, sturdy, hard, inflexible

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1. yieldingadjective

   Antonyms:
   unyielding

   Synonyms:
   compliant, tractable, submissive, amenable, unresisting, docile, indulgent, irresolute, facile, plastic, fictile, pliant, flexible

2. yieldingnoun

   Synonyms:
   production, bearing, surrender, relinquishment, submission, compliance, acquiescence, succumbing

How to use yielding in a sentence?

1. sindiswa matyobeni:

   There is something powerful about, yielding power.”

2. John Banzhaf:

   In all too many cases, we have political correctness now becoming political craziness, students are making demands -- faculty, deans, presidents are yielding, resigning [to them]. At the very least, they hold meetings and conferences. We didn't do that. Student groups made more than a dozen literally crazy demands with no rational basis and our university ignored them and nothing has happened.

3. Josh Peters:

   When I look at utilities that are yielding in the 4-percent range, I think they're priced for what I'd call a normal 10-year Treasury yield - call it 4 or 5 percent - because with utilities you're still going to get some earnings growth, i'd have a similar take on REITs.

4. Peter Lowman:

   Global bonds continue to be in high demand from both a tactically defensive perspective, and from income seekers who may not have the risk appetite for high yielding equities.

5. Bette Davis:

   Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone -- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

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