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 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 The movie ends with Bryan successfully getting his package to the scientists working on a cure, but shortly thereafter succumbing to his infection, turning into an increasingly grotesque (though conflicted) monster and killing them all. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 The inherent challenge in making films dealing with progressive illness is not succumbing to an inescapably formulaic structure that can’t help but go with the territory. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 The stone never does talk to Larry, and Dillard ends that story by succumbing to her faith in the nothingness. — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 He was carried out of the ring on a stretcher; his body finally succumbing to complete exhaustion. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The move was the latest sign of the tech giant succumbing to the draw of AI that remains deeply flawed — and the staggering amount of misinformation that comes along with it. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026

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The departmen and encouraged the public to continue submitting legitimate information through its unsolved murders website.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
By submitting unsolicited plans, the developers could potentially bypass the auction process, but the developer who gets the deal would still have to negotiate with Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of submitting

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Dallas got thoroughly embarrassed at home by a winless Buccaneers squad, surrendering 241 rushing yards and making an 0-4 offense look explosive.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, the minivan became shorthand for surrendering to suburban family life.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrendering

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Proponents say these are projects California communities are dying to build, hampered by cost increases and delays from CEQA litigation.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
In 2020, Fauci, newly famous as the COVID pandemic’s explainer-in-chief, called Kramer, who was dying.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dying

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The Roos entered the weekend having scored 24 goals this year, while conceding just 10 in 11 games.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
The administration’s top economic officials are now conceding that favorable aggregate indicators are no easy answer to public anxiety.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of conceding

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High-income investors can get extra bang for their buck from buying tax-exempt municipal bonds or using the selloff to harvest tax losses and reinvest in better-yielding debt, according to Jason Katz of UBS.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
As a director who built his movies to stand the test of time and continue yielding new questions and debates, Kubrick would be proud.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of yielding

Verb

The disruption has sent transits through the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb falling sharply after mostly recovering to their pre-war levels.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
This all comes at a time when supply is falling — and falling faster than demand is recovering.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of falling

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Also bowing is 20th Century Studios’ feature take on Daniel Kraus survival thriller novel Whalefall, with $11M-$12m domestic in 3,000 theaters, and about the same overseas for a $24M WW start on the high end.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
But these four features from Qatar are instead bowing separately as special screenings.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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This summer has been a deadly one in Europe, with over 10,000 people perishing in the extreme heat over just a few weeks.

— Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Julie Chen Moonves shares her thoughts on that wild Big Brother premiere, including Rachel Reilly perishing in a volcano.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026