What are the opposite words for un-yielding?
The opposite of unyielding can be described as flexible, pliable, or yielding. A person who is flexible is considered adaptable and can adjust to the changing situations. The person who is pliable can be molded easily and can bend without breaking under pressure. Yielding refers to the capacity to give way, surrender, or accede to someone or something else's will. Someone who is yielding is considered open-minded, accommodating, and cooperative. They can adapt to different situations easily and are willing to compromise to achieve consensus. Antonyms for unyielding represent the ability to adapt, compromise, and adjust to a given situation or circumstance.
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- obstinate
- difficult
- resolute
- strong
- hard
- tight
- resistant
- authoritarian
- concrete
- contumacious
- dogged
- firm
- hard-core
- headstrong
- immovable
- lingering
- obdurate
- opinionated
- perverse
- restive
- ruthless
- steadfast
- stern
- stiff
- sturdy
- tough
- unbowed
- unceasing
- unrelenting
- chronic
- decided
- grim
- hardheaded
- implacable
- inflexible
- invincible
- iron
- merciless
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- taut
- unflinching
- unruly
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- hard-nosed/hardheaded
- strong-willed
- obstinate
-
difficult
- calm,
- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- free,
- friendly,
- helpful,
- manageable,
- plain,
- simple,
- sociable,
- straightforward,
- trivial,
- uncomplicated.
- resolute
-
strong
- dull,
- feeble,
- fragile,
- idle,
- impotent,
- inactive,
- indistinct,
- ineffective,
- inept,
- infirm,
- insignificant,
- lazy,
- lethargic,
- little,
- low,
- pale,
- sluggish,
- small,
- unable,
- uncaring,
- undependable,
- unhealthy,
- unimportant,
- unintelligent,
- Mistakable,
- Unpowerful.
- hard
-
tight
- comfortable,
- open,
- slow,
- sober,
- uncrowded,
- unsealed,
- untroubled,
- wide.
- resistant
- authoritarian
-
concrete
- abstract,
- bending,
- ideal,
- immaterial,
- indefinite,
- intangible,
- loose,
- slack.
- contumacious
- dogged
-
firm
- afraid,
- alterable,
- broken,
- disloyal,
- false,
- fickle,
- inconsistent,
- moving,
- obscure,
- supple,
- unsettled,
- unsteady,
- untrue,
- untrustworthy,
- vague,
- varying,
- vulnerable,
- wobbly,
- easy-going.
- hard-core
- headstrong
- immovable
- lingering
- obdurate
- opinionated
- perverse
- restive
- ruthless
- steadfast
- stern
- stiff
- sturdy
- tough
- unbowed
- unceasing
- unrelenting
- chronic
- decided
- grim
- hardheaded
- implacable
- inflexible
- invincible
- iron
- merciless
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- taut
- unflinching
- unruly
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- hard-nosed/hardheaded
- strong-willed
Antonym of the day
waterlogging
- Antonyms:
- dry, pass up, underwhelm.
