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submit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of submit

1 to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine

Synonyms of submit

blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, succumb, surrender, yield

Words Related to submit

Phrases Synonymous with submit

say uncle, throw in the towel (also throw in the sponge)

Near Antonyms of submit

contend, fight, hold off

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand

Antonyms of submit

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

refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her sonʼs hospital bed the whole night

Synonyms of submit

bow, cave (in), give in, succumb, surrender, yield

Words Related to submit

cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallow

acquiesce (to), concede (to)

buckle (under), knuckle under

Near Antonyms of submit

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand

bridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle

Antonyms of submit

hold off, resist

3 to yield to the control or power of enemy forces

the fortʼs commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way

Synonyms of submit

capitulate, fall, give up, knuckle under, succumb, surrender

Words Related to submit

bow, buckle, cave (in), collapse, give (in)

hand over, relinquish

concede, fail, fold

Near Antonyms of submit

buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstand

beat, overcome, win

conquer, prevail, triumph

Antonyms of submit

Synonym Discussion of submit

yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

- yields too easily in any argument

submit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another.

- a repentant sinner vowing to submit to the will of God

capitulate stresses the fact of ending all resistance and may imply either a coming to terms (as with an adversary) or hopelessness in the face of an irresistible opposing force.

- officials capitulated to the protesters' demands

succumb implies weakness and helplessness to the one that gives way or an overwhelming power to the opposing force.

- a stage actor succumbing to the lure of Hollywood

relent implies a yielding through pity or mercy by one who holds the upper hand.

- finally relented and let the children stay up late

defer implies a voluntary yielding or submitting out of respect or reverence for or deference and affection toward another.

- I defer to your expertise in these matters

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