Synonyms & Antonyms : Yield



Yield



( Verb )


We will never
yield to negative forces.

Synonyms:

Give – way

Submit

Accede

Waive

Surrender

Renounce

Abandon

Forgo

Crop

Harvest

Contextual Examples:

The bridge was defective and
gave way as soon as the train passed over it.

He has
submitted the requisite documents to the college. His mother acceded to his demand for a holiday tour.

The enemy could not resist our forces and had to
surrender.

He has decided to
renounce the world and become a Sanyasi.

I have
abandoned the idea of becoming a singer.

Mary was willing to
forgo the pleasure of the trip and let July go instead.

The beans
cropped very well this year.

The farmer has sold his this year’s
harvest in the market at good profit.



Antonyms:

Resist

Withstand

Refuse

Keep back

Withhold

Restrain

Oppose

Assail

Contend

Confront

Contextual Examples:

I could not
resist the temptation of cold coffee and accepted his kind offer.

I could not
withstand the heat of the summer and proceeded to Shimla for relief.

I could not
refuse the kind offer of a lucrative job in my friend’s firm.

I am
keeping back some savings for the rainy day.

The judge
withheld his decision to the next sitting.

The government has built sufficient
reservoirs of good stock for an emergency.

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