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admit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of admit

1 to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly

  • the host of the talk show eventually admitted that she hadnʼt actually read the book
  • you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes
Synonyms of admit

acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)
Words Related to admit

disburden, unburden, unload

affirm, avow, confirm, profess

accept, recognize, yield

announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil

betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up)

breathe, say, whisper
Phrases Synonymous with admit

come clean (about)
Near Antonyms of admit

disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown

contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative

rebut, refute, reject, repudiate

conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil

kid (oneself)
Antonyms of admit

deny

2 to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to

  • she was admitted to Harvard
Synonyms of admit

enter, receive, take
Words Related to admit

entertain, welcome

fellowship

confirm, ratify
Near Antonyms of admit

decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject

blackball, blacklist, ostracize

banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out
Antonyms of admit

ban, bar

3 to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid

  • I admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors
Synonyms of admit

confess, cop (to) [slang], fess (up), own (up)
Words Related to admit

blab, talk, tattle

babble, spill
Near Antonyms of admit

clam up, hush, quiet (down), shut up

Synonym Discussion of admit

acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination. acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed.
    • acknowledged an earlier peccadillo
admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications.
    • admitted the project was over budget
own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself.
    • must own I know little about computers
avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about.
    • avowed that he was a revolutionary
confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt.
    • confessed a weakness for sweets

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