Synonyms of submission

submission

noun

səb-ˈmi-shən 

1

as in obedience

a bending to the authority or control of another

not given to unquestioning submission, he often came in conflict with his superiors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obedience
• compliance
• subordination
• conformity
• surrender
• submissiveness
• acquiescence
• capitulation
• subservience
• discipline
• obeisance
• suppression
• yielding
• tractability
• deference
• humility
• meekness
• amenability
• servility
• docility
• teachableness
• subserviency
• repression
• tractableness
• obsequiousness
• restraint
• inhibition
• agreeability
• dutifulness
• order
• modesty
• slavishness
• trainability
• control
• abidance
• subordinateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disobedience
• rebellion
• noncompliance
• defiance
• insubordination
• recalcitrance
• rebelliousness
• willfulness
• refractoriness
• contumacy
• waywardness
• self-will
• intractability
• unruliness
• disrespect
• noncooperation
• insolence
• revolt
• insurrection
• contrariness
• impudence
• outbreak
• rudeness
• insurgency
• recusancy
• mutiny
• balkiness
• rebelling
• frowardness
• perversity
• obstreperousness
• obstinacy
• stubbornness
• insurgence
• dissent
• misbehavior
• pigheadedness
• hardheadedness
• naughtiness
• dissidence
• mulishness
• mischievousness
• obstinateness
• mutinousness

2

as in surrender

the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another

the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrender
• submitting
• relinquishment
• acceptance
• capitulation
• rendition
• handover
• cession
• acquiescence
• capture
• capitulating
• compromise
• reconciliation
• concession
• conciliation
• appeasement
• reconcilement
• fall

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resistance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of submission

Of course, these game one losses aren't just happening against title contenders either, as the Tigers famously waltzed into Wallace Wade Stadium to take on an unranked Duke squad in 2023, only to get pounded into submission in a 28-7 loss. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Washington is also seeking to choke Iran's economy, rolling out sanctions on entities with financial links to the Islamic republic in a bid to force it into submission. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

Iraq has selected No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman from Norwegian-Kurdish director Halkawt Mustafa as its official submission for the 2027 Oscar race in the Best International Feature category. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026

Seven Swiss projects and co-productions are among the total of 38 fiction and documentary works featured in the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market lineup, selected from a record-breaking 370-plus submissions. — Ed Meza, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026