What are the opposite words for yielding?
The word "yielding" refers to something that is pliable or flexible, able to give way to pressure or resistance. Some common antonyms for this term include rigid, inflexible, obstinate, unyielding, and unbending. A person who is inflexible or obstinate is often unwilling to compromise and is resistant to change or different ideas. In contrast, someone who is yielding is open-minded and willing to adapt to new situations. Similarly, an unyielding or rigid object is typically firm and unresponsive to external forces, while a yielding one is able to bend or give way. Understanding these antonyms can help us appreciate the nuances of different words and communicate more effectively.
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- yield
- compliance
- action
- opposition
- defense
- supremacy
- courage
- power
- defeat
- abnegation
- acquiescence
- audacity
- capitulation
- conquest
- deference
- disarmament
- discomfiture
- domination
- encounter
- governance
- preponderance
- say-so
- vitality
- domain
- dominance
- dominion
- government
- intrepidity
- jurisdiction
- occupation
- predominance
- reign
- rule
- denial, renouncement of something
- something done
- recklessness, daring
- defeat, victory
- overthrow, beating
- armament; protection system
- reduction of weapons
- embarrassment, frustration
- area of expertise, rule
- control; subjection
- area of rule; authority
- area of authority
- profession, business
- obstruction, antagonism
- ability, competence
- prepotency
- great numbers; supremacy
- leadership of organization
- energy, spirit
- hard
- absolute
- positive
- precise
- obstinate
- uniform
- disobedient
- courageous
- resolute
- tenacious
- strong
- tight
- audacious
- authoritarian
- demanding
- determined
- dogged
- domineering
- exacting
- firm
- harsh
- immovable
- incessant
- lingering
- obdurate
- persistent
- recalcitrant
- rigorous
- rocklike
- rocky
- ruling
- steadfast
- steady
- stern
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- tough
- unceasing
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- yielding
- adamant
- chronic
- consistent
- decided
- dictatorial
- dogmatic
- hardheaded
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- merciless
- relentless
- rigid
- stalwart
- stout
- stringent
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unflinching
- unruly
- unyielding
- willful
- without limit
- set
- all-or-nothing
- accepting no less than everything
- reckless, daring
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
- challenging, urgent
- driven, persistent
- tyrannical, authoritarian
- determined, persistent
- dictatorial, opinionated
- oppressive, authoritarian
- rough, crude (to the senses)
- merciless, cruel
- steadfast, unyielding
- cruel, pitiless
- hard, tough; inflexible
- mean, heartless
- pigheaded, stubborn
- exact, accurate
- disobedient, uncontrollable
- cruel, merciless
- stiff, strict, severe
- severe; exact
- rugged, stony
- dominant, governing
- extreme, severe
- strong, brawny
- rigid, tight
- healthy, powerful
- strong, unyielding
- close, snug
- sturdy, strong
- rigid, tough
- steadfast, resolute
- stubborn, obstinate
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- yield
- compliance
- action
-
opposition
- negativism,
- unfriendliness,
- Antinomies,
- Antinomy,
- Oppugnancy,
- obstructiveness,
- anti thesis,
- anti-thesis,
- confrontings,
- counter action,
- counter actions,
- counter attack,
- counter attacks,
- counter-action,
- counter-actions,
- counter-attack,
- counter-attacks,
- dis approval,
- dis approvals,
- dis-approval,
- dis-approvals,
- negativisms,
- obstructivenesses,
- opposures,
- oppugnancies,
- un friendliness,
- un friendlinesses,
- un-friendlinesses.
-
defense
- apologetics,
- bastille,
- cleanup,
- copout,
- jive,
- redoubt,
- weaponry,
- Re-turn,
- cleanups,
- apologeticses,
- apologizings,
- bastilles,
- co pout,
- co pouts,
- co-pout,
- co-pouts,
- copouts,
- de fenses,
- de terrence,
- de terrences,
- de-fenses,
- de-terrence,
- de-terrences,
- ex plaining,
- ex-plaining,
- excusings,
- explainings,
- jives,
- off times,
- off-time,
- off-times,
- offtime,
- offtimes,
- re doubt,
- re doubts,
- re joinder,
- re joinders,
- re tort,
- re torts,
- re turn,
- re turns,
- re-doubt,
- re-doubts,
- re-joinder,
- re-tort,
- re-torts,
- re-turns,
- redoubts,
- song dance,
- weaponries.
- supremacy
- courage
- power
-
defeat
- kos,
- Downthrow,
- Insuccess,
- Whaling,
- nonsuccess,
- de feasance,
- de feasances,
- de feat,
- de feats,
- de-feasance,
- de-feasances,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- downthrows,
- ex terminations,
- ex-termination,
- ex-terminations,
- in-success,
- in-successes,
- insuccesses,
- ko's,
- lacings,
- non success,
- non successes,
- non-successes,
- nonsuccesses,
- paddlings,
- re buff,
- re buffs,
- re pulses,
- re verse,
- re-buffs,
- re-pulses,
- re-verse,
- scalpings,
- shellackings,
- trouncings,
- waxings,
- whitewashings.
- abnegation
- acquiescence
- audacity
- capitulation
-
conquest
- captivation,
- grand slam,
- subjection,
- subjugation,
- takeover,
- Subdual,
- grand slams,
- takeovers,
- captivations,
- clean sweep,
- clean sweeps,
- conquerings,
- defeatings,
- feather cap,
- feather in cap,
- over throw,
- over throws,
- over-throw,
- over-throws,
- routings,
- sub dual,
- sub duals,
- sub-dual,
- sub-duals,
- subduals,
- subjections,
- subjugations.
- deference
-
disarmament
- de-escalation,
- demobilization,
- disablement,
- demilitarization,
- deescalation,
- Cripplings,
- arms reduction,
- rendering powerless,
- arms limitation,
- arms limitations,
- arms reductions,
- de escalation,
- de escalations,
- de militarization,
- de militarizations,
- de mobilization,
- de mobilizations,
- de-escalations,
- de-militarization,
- de-militarizations,
- de-mobilization,
- de-mobilizations,
- deescalations,
- demilitarizations,
- demobilizations,
- dis armament,
- dis armaments,
- dis qualification,
- dis qualifications,
- dis-armament,
- dis-armaments,
- dis-qualification,
- dis-qualifications,
- disablements,
- neutralizings,
- pacifications,
- paralyzings.
-
discomfiture
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- de moralization,
- de moralizations,
- de scent,
- de scents,
- de-moralization,
- de-moralizations,
- de-scent,
- de-scents,
- dis appointment,
- dis appointments,
- dis composure,
- dis composures,
- dis quiet,
- dis quiets,
- dis-appointment,
- dis-appointments,
- dis-composure,
- dis-composures,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-quiets,
- disconcertions,
- disconcertments,
- un doing,
- un doings,
- un eases,
- un easiness,
- un easinesses,
- un-doing,
- un-doings,
- un-ease,
- un-eases,
- un-easiness,
- un-easinesses,
- up set,
- up sets,
- up-set,
- up-sets.
- domination
- encounter
- governance
- preponderance
- say-so
- vitality
- domain
- dominance
- dominion
- government
- intrepidity
- jurisdiction
-
occupation
- dos,
- grindstone,
- inhabitancy,
- inhabitation,
- grindstones,
- chosen work,
- chosen works,
- day gig,
- day gigs,
- do's,
- enterings,
- foreign rule,
- foreign rules,
- in habitancy,
- in habitation,
- in habitations,
- in-habitancies,
- in-habitancy,
- in-habitation,
- in-habitations,
- inhabitations,
- line work,
- nine to five,
- nine to fives,
- nine-to-fives,
- what is in to,
- what is inti,
- what is into,
- what one is in to,
- what one is inti,
- what one is into.
- predominance
- reign
- rule
- denial, renouncement of something
- something done
- recklessness, daring
- defeat, victory
- overthrow, beating
- armament; protection system
- reduction of weapons
- embarrassment, frustration
- area of expertise, rule
- control; subjection
- area of rule; authority
- area of authority
- profession, business
- obstruction, antagonism
- ability, competence
- prepotency
- great numbers; supremacy
-
leadership of organization
- rule.
- energy, spirit
-
hard
- actively,
- agonizingly,
- animatedly,
- assiduously,
- bitterly,
- boisterously,
- diligently,
- distressingly,
- doggedly,
- ferociously,
- keenly,
- painstakingly,
- persistently,
- ponderously,
- relentlessly,
- rigorously,
- rowdily,
- solidly,
- spiritedly,
- steadfastly,
- stormily,
- tightly,
- tiredly,
- turbulently,
- uproariously,
- Rancorously,
- gruelingly,
- toilsomely,
- unremittingly,
- burdensomely,
- cumbersomely,
- cumbrously,
- exhaustingly,
- Unwieldily,
- in tensely,
- in-conveniently,
- like fury,
- tumultously tumultuously,
- tumultously-tumultuously,
- with all might,
- with all one might,
- with all one's might,
- with might,
- with one might,
- with one's might,
- Difficile,
- Toilful,
- coldblooded,
- hard as nails,
- cold blooded,
- dis agreeable,
- dis-agreeable,
- hard boiled,
- harder,
- in temperate,
- in tolerable,
- in-clement,
- in-temperate,
- in-tolerable,
- more compacted,
- more consolidated,
- more difficile,
- more indurate,
- more indurated,
- more murder,
- more toilful,
- most compacted,
- most consolidated,
- most difficile,
- most indurate,
- most indurated,
- most murder,
- most toilful,
- thick skinned,
- thickskinned,
- un feeling,
- un just,
- un juster,
- un justest,
- un kind,
- un kinder,
- un kindest,
- un pleasant,
- un sympathetic,
- un varnished,
- un-just,
- un-juster,
- un-justest,
- un-kind,
- un-kinder,
- un-kindest,
- un-pleasant,
- un-varnished,
- up hill,
- up-hill,
- uphill battle.
-
absolute
- absolutist,
- sovereign,
- pre-eminent,
- de finite,
- de-finite,
- ex act,
- ex-act,
- in finite,
- in-fallible,
- in-finite,
- more absolutist,
- most absolutist,
- no catch,
- no ifs ands buts,
- no ifs ands or buts,
- no joke,
- no strings attached,
- out right,
- out righter,
- out rightest,
- out-right,
- out-righter,
- pre eminent,
- straight out,
- un abridged,
- un adulterated,
- un ambiguous,
- un conditional,
- un deniable,
- un equivocal,
- un flawed,
- un mitigated,
- un qualified,
- un restricted,
- un tarnished,
- un-abridged,
- un-adulterated,
- un-blemished,
- un-conditional,
- un-deniable,
- un-equivocal,
- un-limited,
- un-mitigated,
- un-qualified,
- un-questionable,
- un-restricted,
- un-tarnished.
- positive
- precise
- obstinate
-
uniform
- undiversified,
- well-proportioned,
- in corrigible,
- in-corrigible,
- more undiversified,
- more well proportioned,
- more wellproportioned,
- most undiversified,
- most well proportioned,
- most well-proportioned,
- most wellproportioned,
- of piece,
- un diversified,
- un varying,
- un-diversified,
- un-varying,
- uni form,
- uni-form,
- wellbalanced.
- disobedient
-
courageous
- Impavid,
- fire-eating,
- fireeating,
- high spirited,
- more fire eating,
- more fire-eating,
- more fireeating,
- more impavid,
- more red blooded,
- more red-blooded,
- more redblooded,
- more trojan,
- most fire eating,
- most fire-eating,
- most fireeating,
- most impavid,
- most red blooded,
- most red-blooded,
- most redblooded,
- most trojan,
- red blooded,
- redblooded,
- stand tall.
- resolute
- tenacious
-
strong
- heavy-duty,
- take charge,
- well-built,
- in dependent,
- in fine feather,
- in-dependent,
- iron willed,
- more heavy duty,
- more heavy-duty,
- more heavyduty,
- more iron willed,
- more well built,
- more well established,
- more well-built,
- more wellbuilt,
- more wellestablished,
- most heavy-duty,
- most heavyduty,
- most iron-willed,
- most ironwilled,
- most well built,
- most well established,
- most well-built,
- most well-established,
- most wellbuilt,
- most wellestablished,
- over powering,
- over-powering,
- re sourceful,
- selfassertive,
- well built,
- well established,
- well made,
- wellbuilt,
- wellestablished,
- wellfounded,
- wellmade.
- tight
-
audacious
- aweless,
- fearless,
- nervy,
- risky,
- uncurbed,
- Gutty,
- dis respectful,
- dis-respectful,
- guttier,
- guttiest,
- in solent,
- in trepid,
- in-solent,
- in-trepid,
- more aweless,
- more daredevil,
- more uncurbed,
- most aweless,
- most daredevil,
- most intrepid,
- most uncurbed,
- smart ass,
- un afraid,
- un curbed,
- un daunted,
- un-afraid,
- un-curbed,
- un-daunted,
- un-governed.
- authoritarian
- demanding
-
determined
- set on,
- strong-minded,
- unflinching,
- hardboiled,
- singleminded,
- hard-as-nails,
- in tent,
- more hard as nails,
- more hard-as-nails,
- more resolved,
- more strong minded,
- more strong-minded,
- most hard as nails,
- most hard-as-nails,
- most resolved,
- most strong minded,
- most strong-minded,
- most strongminded,
- re-solved,
- single minded,
- strong minded,
- strong willed,
- un faltering,
- un hesitating,
- un wavering,
- un-faltering,
- un-hesitating,
- un-wavering.
- dogged
- domineering
- exacting
-
firm
- close-grained,
- fine-grained,
- nonporous,
- undeviating,
- unfluctuating,
- Riveted,
- never-failing,
- close grained,
- closegrained,
- dead set on,
- fine grained,
- finegrained,
- in elastic,
- in-elastic,
- more anchored,
- more braced,
- more cemented,
- more close grained,
- more close-grained,
- more closegrained,
- more compressed,
- more concrete,
- more congealed,
- more fine grained,
- more fine-grained,
- more finegrained,
- more jelled,
- more nailed,
- more never-failing,
- more neverfailing,
- more nonporous,
- more screwed,
- more secured,
- more solidified,
- more stipulated,
- more tightened,
- more undeviating,
- more welded,
- most anchored,
- most braced,
- most cemented,
- most close grained,
- most close-grained,
- most closegrained,
- most compressed,
- most congealed,
- most fine grained,
- most fine-grained,
- most finegrained,
- most jelled,
- most nailed,
- most never failing,
- most never-failing,
- most neverfailing,
- most nonporous,
- most screwed,
- most secured,
- most soldered,
- most solidified,
- most tightened,
- most unfluctuating,
- most welded,
- never failing,
- neverfailing,
- non porous,
- non-porous,
- pre vailing,
- un changeable,
- un fluctuating,
- un shaken,
- un-changeable,
- un-deviating,
- un-fluctuating,
- un-shaken.
-
harsh
- tuneless,
- unmelodious,
- Asperous,
- Stridulous,
- out of tune,
- unlevel,
- dis agreeing,
- dis sonant,
- dis-agreeing,
- dis-sonant,
- in compatible,
- in-compatible,
- more asperous,
- more caterwauling,
- more clashing,
- more creaking,
- more jangling,
- more out of tune,
- more out-of-tune,
- more stridulous,
- more tuneless,
- most asperous,
- most clashing,
- most creaking,
- most jangling,
- most out of key,
- most out of tune,
- most out-of-tune,
- most screeching,
- most stridulous,
- most tuneless,
- most unlevel,
- most unmelodious,
- not smooth,
- offkey,
- out of key,
- out-of-key,
- out-of-tune,
- un even,
- un level,
- un melodious,
- un-even,
- un-level,
- un-melodious,
- un-musical.
- immovable
- incessant
-
lingering
- ever-present,
- longstanding,
- unabating,
- deep rooted,
- deep seated,
- deeprooted,
- deepseated,
- ever present,
- everpresent,
- in born,
- in bred,
- in curable,
- in eradicable,
- in-born,
- in-bred,
- in-curable,
- in-eradicable,
- in-grained,
- long lived,
- long standing,
- longlived,
- more ever present,
- more ever-present,
- more everpresent,
- more recurring,
- more unabating,
- most ever present,
- most ever-present,
- most everpresent,
- most recurring,
- most unabating,
- pro-longed,
- re current,
- re curring,
- re-current,
- re-curring,
- un abating,
- un-abating.
-
obdurate
- bullhead,
- Hard-hearted,
- Unimpressible,
- hard hearted,
- more bullhead,
- more hard hearted,
- more hard-hearted,
- more stiff necked,
- more unimpressible,
- most bullhead,
- most hard hearted,
- most hard-hearted,
- most unimpressible,
- stiffnecked,
- tough nut crack,
- tough nut to crack,
- un compassionate,
- un cooperative,
- un emotional,
- un impressible,
- un-compassionate,
- un-cooperative,
- un-emotional,
- un-impressible.
- persistent
- recalcitrant
- rigorous
-
rocklike
- hard.
-
rocky
- bouldered,
- lithic,
- pebbly,
- petrous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- rocklike,
- stonelike,
- Lapidarian,
- in sensate,
- in sensitive,
- in-sensate,
- in-sensitive,
- more lapidarian,
- more petrous,
- more rockbound,
- more rocklike,
- more rockribbed,
- more stonelike,
- most bouldered,
- most lapidarian,
- most lithic,
- most petrous,
- most rock ribbed,
- most rock-ribbed,
- most rockbound,
- most rocklike,
- most rockribbed,
- most stonelike,
- pebbliest,
- rock ribbed,
- rockribbed,
- un reliable,
- un stable,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- un steady,
- un-reliable,
- un-stable,
- un-stabler,
- un-stablest,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest.
- ruling
- steadfast
- steady
- stern
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
-
tough
- ruffianly,
- hard-shelled,
- hard bitten,
- hard shelled,
- hardbitten,
- hardshelled,
- in digestible,
- in-digestible,
- more hard shelled,
- more hard-shelled,
- more hardshelled,
- more molded,
- more steeled,
- most hard shelled,
- most hard-shelled,
- most hardshelled,
- most molded,
- most ruffianly,
- most steeled,
- tough as nails,
- un controllable,
- un-controllable.
- unceasing
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- yielding
-
adamant
- hard-nosed,
- immovable,
- set in stone,
- Unswayable,
- rock-hard,
- hard nosed,
- hardnosed,
- in destructible,
- in-destructible,
- more hard nosed,
- more rock hard,
- more rock-hard,
- more rockhard,
- more unswayable,
- most intransigent,
- most rock hard,
- most rock-hard,
- most unswayable,
- rock hard,
- rockhard,
- set stone,
- un bendable,
- un shakable,
- un swayable,
- un-relenting,
- un-swayable.
- chronic
- consistent
-
decided
- set.
- dictatorial
-
dogmatic
- fascistic,
- stiff-necked,
- wrongheaded,
- wrong-headed,
- onesided,
- high mighty,
- in tolerant,
- more fascistic,
- more stiff-necked,
- more stiffnecked,
- more wrong headed,
- more wrongheaded,
- most stiff necked,
- most stiff-necked,
- most stiffnecked,
- most wrong headed,
- most wrong-headed,
- most wrongheaded,
- narrow minded,
- one sided,
- stiff necked,
- wrong headed.
- hardheaded
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
-
inflexible
- firm,
- steely,
- unadaptable,
- Impliable,
- Starched,
- steelier,
- stand one's ground,
- dyed in the wool,
- in flexible,
- in-flexible,
- more immalleable,
- more impliable,
- more starched,
- more unadaptable,
- most immalleable,
- most impliable,
- most nonflexible,
- most starched,
- most unadaptable,
- non flexible,
- non-flexible,
- nonflexible,
- set in one ways,
- set in one's ways,
- set in ones ways,
- set in ways,
- set one ways,
- set one's ways,
- set ones ways,
- set ways,
- stand ground,
- stand one ground,
- stand ones ground,
- steeliest,
- un adaptable,
- un compliant,
- un-adaptable,
- un-compliant.
- iron
- merciless
-
relentless
- hang in,
- unabated,
- go for broke,
- hang-tough,
- hangtough,
- in human,
- in-human,
- more hang tough,
- more hangtough,
- more unabated,
- more unbroken,
- most hang tough,
- most hang-tough,
- most hangtough,
- most unabated,
- most unbroken,
- most unstoppable,
- non-stop,
- stop nothing,
- un abated,
- un broken,
- un relieved,
- un stoppable,
- un-abated,
- un-broken,
- un-relieved,
- un-stoppable.
- rigid
- stalwart
- stout
- stringent
-
unbending
- Unflexible,
- do die,
- do or die,
- hold ground,
- hold line,
- hold ones ground,
- hold the fort,
- more unflexible,
- most unflexible,
- re served,
- re-served,
- standing ground,
- standing one ground,
- standing ones ground,
- sticking guns,
- sticking one guns,
- sticking one's guns,
- sticking ones guns,
- sticking to guns,
- sticking to one's guns,
- sticking to ones guns,
- un bending,
- un flexible,
- un-bending,
- un-flexible.
- uncompromising
- unflinching
- unruly
- unyielding
- willful
- without limit
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set
- prearranged,
- well-set,
- solid as a rock,
- more agreed,
- more arranged,
- more concluded,
- more well-set,
- more wellset,
- most agreed,
- most arranged,
- most concluded,
- most well set,
- most well-set,
- most wellset,
- pre determined,
- pre-arranged,
- pre-determined,
- pre-scribed,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- solid as rock,
- un flappable,
- wellset.
- all-or-nothing
- accepting no less than everything
- reckless, daring
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
- challenging, urgent
- driven, persistent
- tyrannical, authoritarian
- determined, persistent
- dictatorial, opinionated
- oppressive, authoritarian
- rough, crude (to the senses)
- merciless, cruel
- steadfast, unyielding
- cruel, pitiless
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hard, tough; inflexible
- iron.
- mean, heartless
- pigheaded, stubborn
- exact, accurate
- disobedient, uncontrollable
- cruel, merciless
- stiff, strict, severe
- severe; exact
- rugged, stony
- dominant, governing
- extreme, severe
- strong, brawny
- rigid, tight
- healthy, powerful
- strong, unyielding
- close, snug
- sturdy, strong
- rigid, tough
- steadfast, resolute
- stubborn, obstinate
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Other relevant words
- bullheadedness,
- doggedness,
- intransigence,
- mulishness,
- obduracy,
- obstinacy,
- pertinacity,
- stubbornness,
- willfulness,
- hardheadedness,
- obstinateness,
- obdurateness,
- opinionatedness,
- pertinaciousness,
- self-opinionatedness,
- brittle,
- compact,
- crisp,
- dense,
- determined,
- dissident,
- insurgent,
- nonconformist,
- protesting,
- resilient,
- resistant,
- resolute,
- self-willed,
- solid,
- sound,
- substantial,
- uncompromising,
- undisciplined,
- unregenerate,
- wilful,
- wrongheaded,
- Indurated.
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Other antonyms
- firm,
- inflexible,
- resist,
- retain,
- risky,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- stiff,
- strict,
- strong,
- sturdy,
- tough,
- unbreakable,
- unyielding.
Antonym of the day
unweaved
- Antonyms:
- put together, twist, tangle.
