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

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

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

According to federal prosecutors, Mark was a leader in Boy Scouts, now known as Scouting America, and served as a troop leader when Scouting America began admitting female members. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Invoking the Fifth Amendment doesn't equate to admitting wrongdoing, NPR's Ari Daniel tells Up First. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 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