ADMITTED Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

admitted

verb

past tense of admit

as in confessed

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 received

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

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as in owned (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 admitted He was set to go on trial in September, but on April 8, Heuermann appeared in court and admitted his guilt in all seven killings between 1993 and 2010. —

ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 This law placed a restrictive cap on the number of Jews who could be admitted into Hungarian universities. —

Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 Children from families in the top 1%, for example, were nearly 60% more likely to be admitted into an elite university compared with middle-class applicants. —

Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026 While her fashion remains on the cutting edge, Jenner recently admitted that her personal life is becoming increasingly centered on family. —

Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 Deleon is associate chief medical officer and a pediatric hospitalist at Oklahoma Children’s OU Health where there’s been a steady influx of children admitted for rotavirus over the last two months. —

Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026 Zarba admitted it was reviewed in the locker room at halftime by his crew, as many plays were. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026 After years of addiction, Cornett, who’s from South Eastern Kentucky, admitted himself in 2022 to ARC. —

Alex Acquisto, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026 He was admitted 10 days ago and was cared for by the incredible team there. —

Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

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In an interview with The Times, Sid confessed that the whole thing was a lie concocted by a publicist in the 1940s.

— Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Flores confessed when police questioned him, authorities said in court filings.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026