yielding

yielding
I adjective accommodating, acquiescent, alterable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, easy, easygoing, elastic, facile, facilis, flexible, impressible, impressionable, malleable, manageable, obedient, obliging, obsequens, obsequious, passive, pliable, pliant, soft, submissive, supple, tractable, unresistant, unresisting associated concepts: confessions II index amenable, capitulation, cession, charitable (lenient), compliance, concession (compromise), conformity (obedience), consenting, constructive (creative), disposition (transfer of property), facile, fertile, flexible, lenient, malleable, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, operative, passive, patient, permissive, pliable, pliant, powerless, productive, prolific, release, renunciation, resignation (relinquishment), resigned, resilient, sequacious, subjection, susceptible (unresistent), tractable, willing (not averse)

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  • Yielding — Yield ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. [1913 Webster] {Yielding and paying} (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yielding — [adj1] accommodating acquiescent, biddable, compliant, docile, easy, flexible, humble, nonresistant, obedient, passive, pliable, pliant, putty in one’s hands, resigned, submissive, tractable; concepts 401,404 Ant. obstinate, resistant, unflexible …   New thesaurus

  • Yielding — (also called truckling) is a form of social etiquette, where one surrenders to the desires of another; or one person allows access to another person or persons.In political elections, a losing candidate may yield to the other candidate. This… …   Wikipedia

  • yielding — [yēl′diŋ] adj. 1. producing a good yield; productive 2. bending easily; flexible 3. submissive; obedient …   English World dictionary

  • Yielding — This is a locational surname of Old English pre 7th century origins. Recorded in a wide variety of spellings including Yelden, Yeldon, Yaldon, Yelding, Yielding etc. it derives from the village of Yelden in Bedfordshire. This village is variously …   Surnames reference

  • yielding — [[t]jɪ͟əldɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED A yielding surface or object is quite soft and will move or bend rather than staying stiff if you put pressure on it. ...the yielding ground. ...the soft yielding cushions …   English dictionary

  • yielding — adjective 1 a surface that is yielding is soft and will move or bend when you press it 2 willing to agree with other people s wishes and letting them decide instead of you: She is too yielding when clients make demands on her time. 3 high/low… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • yielding — adjective Date: 1533 1. productive < a high yielding wheat > 2. lacking rigidity or stiffness ; flexible 3. disposed to submit or comply < a docile and yielding temperament > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • yielding — yieldingly, adv. yieldingness, n. /yeel ding/, adj. 1. inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man. 2. tending to give way, esp. under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable: a yielding mattress. 3. (of a crop, soil, etc.)… …   Universalium

  • yielding — yield|ing [ˈji:ldıŋ] adj 1.) a surface that is yielding is soft and will move or bend when you press it ▪ the yielding softness of the bed 2.) willing to agree with other people s wishes = ↑accommodating …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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