GIVE (IN) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

give in

verb

Definition of give in

as in to succumb

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) give in and have some chocolate

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as in to submit

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park

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Recent Examples of give in Don’t give in to that meanness, and that false belief in scarcity. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026 Tehran is thus more than ready to strike a widening array of targets until the United States gives in. — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026 Gleb made a perfunctory protest but gave in, to avoid creating a scene and being made to look ridiculous. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026 After the addition of White to the roster, KU still has one scholarship left to give in recruiting. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for give in

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Mark died last year, at sixty-two, from cancer; Bragg’s older brother, Sam, had also succumbed to the disease a few years earlier, at sixty-four.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Others succumbed to their wounds or the conditions endured in captivity.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of succumb

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In 2009, armed men stopped a convoy of civilians, relatives, lawyers and journalists heading to submit election filings in Maguindanao and killed 58 people, at least 32 of them journalists and media workers.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said.

— Mae Anderson, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of submit

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This is a place to take a risk, to surrender, and at the very least, to experience something that can only happen for you in that moment — something altogether fleeting that is just yours.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Within a minute of the puck hitting the ice, the Dons surrendered the first breakaway.

— Richie McGinniss, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026