yield

The word “yield” has 1 syllable: yield

It's pronounced as /jiːld/

What is synonym and antonym for yield?

In the thesaurus, “yield” has 275 synonyms and 100 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for yield along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for yield

abandon
abdicate
abnegate
accede
accept
accrue
acknowledge
acquiesce
admit
admit defeat
advance
affair
afford
aftereffect
aftermath
agree
allow
appropriation
article
assent
back down
bag
bankroll
bask
beam
bear
beget
begin
bend
blink
blossom
booty
bounty
bow
break
break down
breed
bring
bring about
bring forth
bring in
bring on
buckle
budge
burst
buy
by-product
call it quits
capital
capitulate
catalyze
catch
cause
cave in
cede
coffers
collapse
collection
come to terms
commit
commodity
comply
concede
conclusion
concur
consent
consequence
consign
corollary
cough up
crack
crash
create
crop
crumble
crumple
cultivate
decide
defer
deflate
deliver
derivative
desert
determine
develop
development
die
discard
discharge
do
draw on
earn
earnings
effect
effectuate
enact
encourage
engender
entrust
entry
establish
exchequer
fail
father
finances
fit in
flatten
fold
fold up
forfeit
forsake
forward
foster
found
founder
fruit
funds
furnish
further
gain
generate
give
give in
give off
give oneself over
give out
give rise to
give up
give way
go
go along with
go out
go with the flow
goods
gratify
gross
hand over
handcraft
handicraft
handiwork
harvest
haul
hold out
implode
inaugurate
income
induce
indulge
initiate
innovate
institute
introduce
intrust
invoke
issue
killing
knuckle
knuckle under
labor
launch
lay down
lay down arms
leave
let go
line
loot
luxuriate
make
melt
melt down
merchandise
money
net
nourish
nurture
object
occasion
offer
offshoot
offspring
outcome
outgrowth
output
outturn
overdo
overindulge
part with
pay
pay off
payoff
permit
pioneer
play the game
plunder
pocket
pocketbook
pop
proceeds
produce
product
production
proffer
profit
promote
prompt
provide
quit
receipts
relax
release
relent
relinquish
render
renounce
residual
resign
resources
result
resultant
return
revel
revenue
roll
sag
salary
say uncle
sell for
sequel
sequence
set
set up
shatter
shed
side effect
side reaction
smash
snap
spawn
spin-off
splinter
split
spoils
stall
start
submit
succumb
suffer defeat
supply
surrender
swag
take
take-home pay
takings
tender
thing
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
tips
toe the line
toe the mark
transfer
tumble
turn in
turn out
turn over
turnout
upshot
wages
waive
wallow
wares
wherewithal
windfall
winnings
work

Antonyms for yield

abolish
agree
arrest
assert
battle
bills
breast
bridle
build
can
charge
check
combat
confront
constrain
contend
contradict
control
cost
counter
crush
curb
dampen
debt
decline
deduction
defend
defy
demolish
deny
destroy
differ
disagree
disallow
disapprove
disbursement
dispute
dissent
eschew
expenditures
expenses
extinguish
face
fight
forbear
forego
forgo
hide
hold
hold off
impede
increase
inflate
inhibit
keep
kill
limit
liquidate
lose
loss
meet
object
oppose
outgo
outlay
payment
prevent
protest
put down
quash
quell
quench
refuse
reject
repel
repress
repudiate
resist
restrain
restrict
retain
retard
rise
smother
squash
squelch
stay
stifle
still
straighten
subdue
subtraction
suppress
swell
take
thwart
veto
win
withhold
withstand

Meanings of yield

verb
1. To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
3. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
4. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
5. To give, or give forth, (anything).
6. To give way; to succumb to a force.
7. To produce as return, as from an investment.
8. To produce as a result.
9. To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
10. (of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
11. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
noun
1. Payment; tribute.
2. A product; the quantity of something produced.
3. The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
4. Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.

Example Sentences

The farmer's fields yield a bountiful harvest of crops each year.
Patience and perseverance often yield positive results in the long run.
When driving, it's essential to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks.
The negotiations between the two countries failed to yield any significant agreements.
A willingness to compromise can yield mutually beneficial outcomes in business negotiations.

On this page you'll find 375 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yield, such as: abandon, abdicate, abnegate, abolish, accede, accept, accrue.

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