SUBMITS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

submits

verb

present tense third-person singular of submit

as in succumbs

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine

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as in surrenders

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night

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as in capitulates

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way

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Recent Examples of submits The goal is usually to claim a refund before the real taxpayer submits their return. —

Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026 Enrollment begins when an applicant engages with the online application and submits information for review under Lifeline participation requirements. —

Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 Any company who wants to be considered submits an application long before each new list is revealed. —

Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026 But by 2024, the company had added only 182 jobs and built 202,700 square feet, according to the compliance reports, which the company submits to the city of San Marcos each year. —

Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026 Each year, the task force submits a report to Congress outlining gaps in research and highlighting areas where more focus is needed. —

Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026 Will biannual bombing campaigns be employed until Iran submits to American demands? —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 Senate Bill 660 would ensure that a local officer is on the scene and submits a report during an immigration enforcement operation. —

Madeline Burke, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 Director Harry Lighton transposed the story from the 1970s to the present, casting a hulking Alexander Skarsgård as the gorgeous and emotionally remote biker Ray, and Melling as the shy, diminutive parking attendant who submits himself to Ray. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026

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But her character succumbs to Ducournau’s convoluted plotting.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
The 11-year-old titular character in Hamnet, up for Best Picture, succumbs to the plague.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026