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

The company agreed to settle the lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

In a statement to PEOPLE, Fuller claimed that Oaks Amusement Park and Zamperla denied liability for two years before admitting fault a week before the trial was set to begin. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

The former general counsel settled for a $37,500 civil penalty without admitting or denying the allegations. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Earlier in the trial, the jury heard that Lindsay Clancy had sought treatment for severe mental health problems, including admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital. — Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

Asked if his new costars are more talented than the JoBros when they were cast in the 2008 film, Nick is perfectly comfortable with admitting the obvious. — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

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

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