Synonyms of submits

submits

verb

present tense third-person singular of submit

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbs
• concedes
• surrenders
• capitulates
• bows
• relents
• yields
• quits
• gives in
• blinks
• budges
• acquiesces
• defers
• knuckles under
• throws in the towel
• says uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resists
• contends
• meets
• opposes
• confronts
• fights
• faces
• counters
• defies
• breasts
• repels
• objects
• withstands
• holds off
• combats
• thwarts
• battles

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbs
• surrenders
• yields
• bows
• gives in
• indulges
• gratifies
• caters (to)
• caves (in)
• wallows
• concedes (to)
• acquiesces (to)
• buckles (under)
• knuckles under
• gives over (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resists
• meets
• opposes
• confronts
• faces
• counters
• defies
• breasts
• objects
• rejects
• repels
• fights
• withstands
• combats
• holds off
• thwarts
• inhibits
• checks
• battles
• restrains
• constrains
• curbs
• stifles
• bridles

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbs
• surrenders
• capitulates
• falls
• collapses
• relinquishes
• gives (in)
• gives up
• concedes
• knuckles under
• bows
• loses
• buckles
• fails
• folds
• caves (in)
• hands over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stands
• endures
• opposes
• resists
• defies
• wins
• fights
• overcomes
• withstands
• beats
• prevails
• repels
• bucks
• conquers
• triumphs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of submits

That depends on whether a taxpayer files electronically or submits a paper return, as well as whether the IRS identifies any problems with a filing. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026

But the work doesn’t end for Lata, even when her state submits its new roll. —Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025

The offer packet itself What your agent submits matters beyond just the numbers. —Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025

But the economists hired to help work on the roughly 4,000-page filing have to revise some of the content before Union Pacific officially submits the application, Vena said during Tuesday’s UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025

The researcher submits this name to the ICNP authorities, who may or may not approve it. —Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025

According to the filing, every three months Sacramento's Cannabis Compliance and Investigations Unit submits a series of requests by ZIP code to the utilities provider, requesting a list of SMUD’s residential customers and addresses using at least 2,800 kWh per month. —PC Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

As part of the annual budget cycle, each City Council member submits a memo to the independent budget analyst’s office with a list of funding priorities, proposals and requests for community projects that the city could fund and implement. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025

Currently, federal law only guarantees a cow’s milk substitute—such as fortified soy milk—if a parent submits a physician’s note documenting a disability. —Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025