GIVEN UP Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

given up

verb

past participle of give up

as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment

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as in abandoned

to stop doing (something) permanently I hope you won't give up playing the piano

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as in given (in)

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up

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as in yielded

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness

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Recent Examples of given up The blowout loss would mark not only the biggest margin of defeat for the Trojans in two seasons under Musselman but also the first time USC (18-8 overall, 7-8 in the Big Ten) has given up more than 100 points in a game since 2019. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026 The Jets shouldn’t have given up on him. —

Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Not all employers have given up on hiring Gen Zers—despite headlines that suggest otherwise. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026 That’s not to say the planet’s biggest emitters have given up on fossil fuels. —

Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025 To talk about it too loudly was to risk sounding like you’d given up. —

Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025 The Hurricanes have turned the ball over just seven times, all on interceptions, but have not given up any points off those seven turnovers. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 By the time the fifth-gen LS debuted in 2017 (yes, at the Detroit Auto Show), Lexus’s fellow Japanese luxury carmakers Acura and Infiniti had given up on their range-topping sedans — but Toyota’s flagship wasn’t going anywhere. —

Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025 Across the country, many people have largely given up on polling. —

Adam Bai, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

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For our judges, the Vanquish was a frontrunner from the first session and never relinquished its lead.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
The suspect then voluntarily relinquished a second abalone, also from her pants, according to California DFW.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026