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Synonyms for yielding

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  1. Producing

    bounteous, fruitful, productive; see fertile 1, 2, rich 3.

  2. Flexible

    pliant, plastic, malleable; see flexible 1.

  3. In the act of giving under pressure

    cracking, splitting, breaking, opening, swaying, shaking, bending, creaking, budging, wavering, softening, loosening, turning, falling back; see also soft 2.

    Antonyms firm*, unyielding, impervious.

  4. Docile

    submissive, pliable, tractable, obliging; see humble 1, obedient 1.

See yielding in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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