a person of unquestioning obedience
<noun.person>

flunkey

flunky

stooge

yes-man

a question that can be answered by yes or no
<noun.communication>

yes-no question

an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
<noun.group>

yeshiva

yeshivah

an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
<noun.group>

yeshiva

yeshivah

on the day preceding today
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

yesterday

sample sentences

"yesterday the weather was beautiful"

in the recent past; only a short time ago
<adv.all>

yesterday

sample sentences

"I was not born yesterday!"

the day immediately before today
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

yesterday

sample sentences

"it was in yesterday's newspapers"

the recent past
<noun.time>

yesterday

sample sentences

"yesterday's solutions are not good enough"
"we shared many yesterdays"

the time that has elapsed
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 1

past

past times

yesteryear

sample sentences

"forget the past"

up to the present time
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

yet

sample sentences

"I have yet to see the results"
"details are yet to be worked out"

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

as yet

heretofore

hitherto

so far

thus far

til now

until now

up to now

yet

sample sentences

"So far he hasn't called"
"the sun isn't up yet"

to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
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even

still

yet

sample sentences

"looked sick and felt even worse"
"an even (or still) more interesting problem"
"still another problem must be solved"
"a yet sadder tale"

despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 270 freq. cnt.: 180 freq. cnt.: 51 freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

all the same

at the same time

even so

however

nevertheless

nonetheless

notwithstanding

still

withal

yet

sample sentences

"although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"
"while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"
"he was a stern yet fair master"
"granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"

used after a superlative
<adv.all>

so far

yet

sample sentences

"this is the best so far"
"the largest drug bust yet"

within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

in time

yet

sample sentences

"he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"
"sooner or later you will have to face the facts"
"in time they came to accept the harsh reality"

a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
<noun.person>

abominable snowman

yeti

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
<noun.plant>

yew

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
<noun.plant>

yew

sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
<noun.plant>

Taxaceae

family Taxaceae

yew family

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
<noun.person>

hymie

kike

sheeny

yid

production of a certain amount
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

output

yield

an amount of a product
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

fruit

yield

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
<noun.possession>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

issue

payoff

proceeds

return

take

takings

yield

sample sentences

"the average return was about 5%"

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
<noun.quantity>

output

production

yield

sample sentences

"production was up in the second quarter"

be the cause or source of
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 179 freq. cnt.: 160 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 6

afford

give

yield

sample sentences

"He gave me a lot of trouble"
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

end resistance, as under pressure or force
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

give way

yield

sample sentences

"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

give or supply
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

generate

give

render

return

yield

sample sentences

"The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
"This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
"The estate renders some revenue for the family"

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

cede

concede

grant

yield

give in, as to influence or pressure
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

relent

soften

yield

be willing to concede
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

concede

grant

yield

sample sentences

"I grant you this much"

cause to happen or be responsible for
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 1

give

yield

sample sentences

"His two singles gave the team the victory"

move in order to make room for someone for something
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ease up

give

give way

move over

yield

sample sentences

"The park gave way to a supermarket"
"`Move over,' he told the crowd"

consent reluctantly
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

buckle under

give in

knuckle under

succumb

yield

cease opposition; stop fighting
<verb.competition>

yield

be flexible under stress of physical force
<verb.contact>

give

yield

sample sentences

"This material doesn't give"

bring in
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

bear

pay

yield

sample sentences

"interest-bearing accounts"
"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

be fatally overwhelmed
<verb.stative>

succumb

yield

surrender, as a result of pressure or force
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

yield up

a person who yields or surrenders
<noun.person>

surrenderer

yielder

inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

yielding

sample sentences

"a timid yielding person"

tending to give in or surrender or agree
<adj.all>

yielding

sample sentences

"too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington

lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
<adj.all>

yielding

sample sentences

"a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"

the act of conceding or yielding
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

conceding

concession

yielding

a verbal act of admitting defeat
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

giving up

surrender

yielding

in an obedient manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

obediently

yieldingly

sample sentences

"obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking"

the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
<noun.cognition>

yin

sample sentences

"the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"

a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

yelp

yelping

yip

bark in a high-pitched tone
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

yap

yelp

yip

sample sentences

"the puppies yelped"

nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
<noun.state>

yips

sample sentences

"to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"

evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental
<noun.plant>

Cananga odorata

ilang-ilang

ylang-ylang

(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
<noun.substance>

ylem

a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand
<noun.artifact>

yo-yo

a cruel and brutal fellow
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bully

hooligan

roughneck

rowdy

ruffian

tough

yob

yobbo

yobo

a cruel and brutal fellow
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bully

hooligan

roughneck

rowdy

ruffian

tough

yob

yobbo

yobo

a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits
<noun.quantity>

Yibit

yobibit

a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes
<noun.quantity>

YB

YiB

yobibyte

yottabyte