Synonyms of admitting

admitting

verb

present participle of admit

1

as in confessing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confessing
• acknowledging
• conceding
• agreeing
• recognizing
• disclosing
• revealing
• announcing
• granting
• telling
• confirming
• accepting
• saying
• allowing
• declaring
• owning (up to)
• affirming
• coming clean (about)
• proclaiming
• fessing (up)
• informing
• unloading
• professing
• exposing
• publishing
• talking
• communicating
• betraying
• avowing
• spilling
• yielding
• warning
• whispering
• divulging
• imparting
• unburdening
• broadcasting
• leaking
• breathing
• squealing
• disburdening
• breaking
• tipping (off)
• unveiling
• blabbing
• giving away
• tattling
• ratting
• wising (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• disclaiming
• disallowing
• disavowing
• contradicting
• rejecting
• disputing
• negating
• refuting
• hiding
• concealing
• repudiating
• disowning
• rebutting
• covering (up)
• obscuring
• negativing
• veiling
• kidding (oneself)
• gainsaying

2

as in receiving

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

she was admitted to Harvard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• receiving
• entering
• taking
• confirming
• welcoming
• entertaining
• ratifying
• fellowshipping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• banning
• dismissing
• rejecting
• barring
• declining
• disallowing
• disapproving
• expelling
• blacklisting
• banishing
• deporting
• ousting
• ostracizing
• throwing out
• blackballing
• exiling

3

as in owning (up)

to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid

I admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confessing
• owning (up)
• copping (to)
• talking
• tattling
• fessing (up)
• blabbing
• spilling
• babbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quieting (down)
• hushing
• shutting up
• clamming up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of admitting

This is a common leadership blind spot—especially among high performers—where admitting any vulnerability, or even pausing, feels indistinguishable from weakness. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

The school had begun admitting women to its full-time MBA program in 1963. — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026

Quinn was first issued a license to practice medicine in 1986 and has admitting privileges at multiple Novant Health and Atrium Health locations, according to his medical board record. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

The Russian Olympic Committee had been admitting local sports organizations in territories of Ukraine that Russia annexed in 2022 – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia – under the Russian constitution. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

Admitting that the water is the asset means admitting that the film is not the point — the audience is. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Even the non-thriller themes — female friendship, aging, ageism, admitting the truth about oneself to oneself and one’s dearest, the invigorating effects of danger — are explicitly expressed. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Children’s said that the plaintiffs were attempting to force it to stop granting admitting privileges to physicians who refused to offer gender-affirming care, which would ultimately harm patients. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2026

What makes the fog metaphor credible rather than alarmist is who’s admitting it. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 July 2026