yield

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of YIELD

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

Related Words cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallow; acquiesce (to), concede (to); buckle (under), knuckle under; give over (to)

Near Antonyms battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand; reject; bridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle

Antonyms hold off, resist

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

Synonyms bear, give, pay, return

Related Words bring in, net; afford, furnish, provide, supply; pay off

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

Related Words acquiesce; defer

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

Near Antonyms contend, fight, hold off; battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand

Antonyms resist

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

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

Near Antonyms 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

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

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

Related Words 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

Near Antonyms inflate, rise, swell

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

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

Related Words commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer; forfeit, release, waive; abnegate, renounce, resign; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms keep, retain, withhold

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly <weak-willed by nature, she yielded herself to every dietary temptation and then whined about it afterwards>

Synonyms deliver, give up, indulge, surrender, yield

Related Words overdo, overindulge; bask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow

Near Antonyms abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo (also forego), refrain (from); check, inhibit, restrain

Antonyms deny