Synonyms of submitting

submitting 1 of 2

noun

as in submission

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

his submitting of his own desires to the will of God

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resistance

• resistance

submitting

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verb

present participle of submit

1

as in succumbing

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

• succumbing
• surrendering
• conceding
• bowing
• yielding
• capitulating
• relenting
• acquiescing
• quitting
• giving in
• blinking
• budging
• deferring
• knuckling under
• throwing in the sponge
• throwing in the towel
• saying uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• fighting
• contending
• objecting
• confronting
• opposing
• meeting
• facing
• combating
• countering
• defying
• combatting
• withstanding
• repelling
• thwarting
• holding off
• battling
• breasting

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• resisting
• fighting
• contending
• objecting
• confronting
• opposing
• meeting
• facing
• combating
• countering
• defying
• combatting
• withstanding
• repelling
• thwarting
• holding off
• battling
• breasting

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2

as in bowing

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

• succumbing
• bowing
• surrendering
• yielding
• giving in
• indulging
• gratifying
• wallowing
• caving (in)
• catering (to)
• knuckling under
• conceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)
• buckling (under)
• giving over (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• objecting
• confronting
• fighting
• opposing
• facing
• meeting
• combating
• rejecting
• countering
• combatting
• defying
• withstanding
• repelling
• checking
• thwarting
• holding off
• battling
• restraining
• inhibiting
• constraining
• breasting
• curbing
• stifling
• bridling

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• resisting
• objecting
• confronting
• fighting
• opposing
• facing
• meeting
• combating
• rejecting
• countering
• combatting
• defying
• withstanding
• repelling
• checking
• thwarting
• holding off
• battling
• restraining
• inhibiting
• constraining
• breasting
• curbing
• stifling
• bridling

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3

as in surrendering

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

• surrendering
• succumbing
• capitulating
• falling
• bowing
• collapsing
• relinquishing
• giving up
• knuckling under
• buckling
• losing
• conceding
• folding
• failing
• handing over
• giving (in)
• caving (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standing
• resisting
• fighting
• winning
• opposing
• enduring
• withstanding
• overcoming
• beating
• defying
• conquering
• prevailing
• repelling
• bucking
• triumphing

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• standing
• resisting
• fighting
• winning
• opposing
• enduring
• withstanding
• overcoming
• beating
• defying
• conquering
• prevailing
• repelling
• bucking
• triumphing

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