ADMITS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

admits

verb

present tense third-person singular of admit

as in confesses

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly the host of the talk show eventually admitted that she hadn't actually read the book you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes

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as in receives

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to she was admitted to Harvard

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as in owns (up)

to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid I admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors

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Recent Examples of admits Like most other women’s colleges in the US, Smith, a small liberal arts college, admits trans women. —

Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 Ice, Ice Baby Spritz cocktails have been dominating warm-weather drinking for years, admits Charly Naranjo, sommelier at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. —

Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2026 As Chemerinsky ruefully admits, courts have deemed such suits in recent decades to be political questions outside their scope. —

David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026 Though Hart admits he was initially turned off by the sport as a seventh-grader in Cincinnati. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026 Erna's openness to this new era earmarks a perspective shift for the rocker, who admits he's learned over time to let go of trying to control what comes next. —

Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 Sanchez admits that the program can be more efficient. —

Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 The first few years featured a simple graphic on the label, and Morris admits that these were not very eyecatching. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026 Braff admits, but explains the conflicted choice. —

Amanda Champagne-Meadows, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026

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But after making the call, Ferraz confesses there are no recordings and that Creasy will have to find another way to take down Carmo, Soares and Tappen.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
In the heart-wrenching Season 2 finale, Morgan and Karadec’s investigation into a poolside death at a Los Angeles hotel resulted in the arrest of Lucia, a guest relations manager who confesses to tipping off and then covering for the conman who murdered a home improvement reality show host.

— Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026