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

Martinez-Olguin took the matter under submission after the hearing and is expected to make a decision in the coming days. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

In the road movie, which is Thailand’s international Oscar feature film submission, a prophecy prompts an aging grandmother to embark on a nine-temple pilgrimage with her children and grandchildren. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

The clock starts when the insurer receives the department’s notice, not simply on your submission date. — Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Loyal’s manufacturing submission to the FDA, expected in 2027, the final hurdle for conditional approval. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026