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

Reddit is best known as a forum for discussing how to retire in your thirties, trade conspiracy theories about medical school being a psyop, and gossip about which influencer is taking a GLP-1 but not admitting it. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

San Vicente Bungalows, his private club, is rumored to maintain a policy against admitting Housewives as members. — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

The private college outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, with some 2,600 undergraduates, is one of hundreds of universities that are admitting students who haven’t even applied. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Then, instead of admitting wrongdoing when news of the surveillance came to light, the FWC doubled down, releasing a page of cutouts of social-media posts, stripped of context and identity. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Security budgets follow demonstrated failure, and July produced three demonstrations in ten days, from the three companies with the most to lose by admitting it. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Former players like Dez Bryant have complained about the sunny glare with current players like CeeDee Lamb admitting the glare has affected them negatively during games. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026

Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Cassidy wholeheartedly agrees, admitting that success can sometimes create its own insecurities. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026