Synonyms of caving (in)

caving (in)

verb

present participle of cave (in)

1

as in collapsing

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the wall caved in when a tree fell on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• going out
• giving way
• going
• crumpling
• tumbling
• buckling
• giving
• yielding
• dying
• melting
• giving out
• shattering
• crumbling
• melting down
• foundering
• breaking down
• imploding
• conking (out)
• crashing
• breaking
• bursting
• failing
• flattening
• snapping
• popping
• smashing
• splitting
• cracking
• deflating
• stalling
• splintering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

2

as in succumbing

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)

I caved in to my bibliomania and bought two more books last week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbing
• giving in
• submitting
• catering (to)
• bowing
• conceding (to)
• yielding
• buckling (under)
• surrendering
• acquiescing (to)
• gratifying
• knuckling under
• wallowing
• indulging
• giving over (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• facing
• fighting
• holding off
• opposing
• meeting
• confronting
• objecting
• combating
• countering
• battling
• combatting
• defying
• repelling
• withstanding
• thwarting
• rejecting
• checking
• breasting
• restraining
• curbing
• inhibiting
• stifling
• constraining
• bridling