SUCCUMBING Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

succumbing

verb

present participle of succumb

as in submitting

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair

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as in surrendering

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery

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as in dying

to stop living the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed, and then he opened his eyes

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as in falling

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever

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Recent Examples of succumbing Someone swept into the ocean by a sneaker wave is at risk of succumbing to extremely cold water temperatures, the agency said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026 There is hope for 2027, but Democrats must focus on lowering healthcare, food, gas and housing costs; lowering interest rates; ending the war in Iran; restoring goodwill with our allies and not succumbing to overreach from the far left. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026 The real-life drama, shot by Mike Eley, stars Scott as Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor best known for Chariots of Fire, who in the last days of his life before succumbing to AIDS, threw himself into a final stage performance of Hamlet. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026 His talent for facing every danger head-on did not prevent Altobelli from succumbing to self-defeat. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Short enough to read in a single sitting, Sara Gran’s chilling story of an architect succumbing to demonic possession will leave readers stunned and unsettled. — David Faris, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026 These rosy reveries gradually darken as Wilde remembers succumbing to hedonism, deceit, debt, and disgrace. — Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 At the time, despite receiving rave reviews, the Scottish actor was succumbing to complications from AIDS. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 But rather than succumbing to any one style, Lam developed a unique voice shaped by surrealism, cubism and his heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and a mixed-race mother. — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

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Now Plum is demanding accountability, with the district's athletic director filing a formal complaint on Monday and submitting the video to the WPIAL for review.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Budget woes One of the governor’s first challenges out of the gate will be submitting a state budget in January to legislators.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of submitting

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After surrendering a late lead and watching the Bears tie the game with 30 seconds remaining, FIU responded in the clutch.

— Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
After surrendering 70 paint points to Atlanta and 64 to Dallas, Brooklyn will have its hands full again Wednesday.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of surrendering

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Arthur is dying for the family to find out about Reggie’s son Carmelo (Jalyn Hall) and his secret relationship with Delilah Basmati (Arica Himmel), daughter of Reggie’s nemesis, Jerry Basmati (Craig Robinson).

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
People are dying regularly from lithium-ion batteries and people are being disfigured.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dying

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Tenko was produced for the BBC in the UK and ABC in Australia running for three seasons between 1981-1984 and yielding a special in 1985.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
People will grant friendly agents access to their messages, calendars and accounts, yielding far richer data that the agent’s company can plumb than is usually obtained by a routine chatbot.

— Ankolika De, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of yielding

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Oil prices plunged over the past week, sinking by $25 to their lowest point in three months and briefly falling below $90 a barrel Tuesday.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026
The pipeline from military service to national political leadership is well-established in the United States, yet the number of veterans in political office is falling.

— Brandon J Archuleta, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of falling

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Strings put out So Much for Goodbyes this past August, and the album was the bluegrass artist’s highest-charting LP to date, bowing at Number 13 on the Billboard 200.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2026
Erdogan also fired his aide Oktay Saral, who had criticized the headscarf ban on social media, reportedly bowing to a demand from Aliyev, according to the newspaper Cumhuriyet and other media reports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026