Synonyms of surrendering

surrendering 1 of 3

adjective

as in yielding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yielding
• subordinate
• acquiescent
• obliging
• dutiful
• agreeable
• subservient
• amiable
• servile
• obedient
• submissive
• slavish
• fawning
• docile
• obsequious
• kowtowing
• soft
• compliant
• amenable
• conformable
• duteous
• restrained
• placable
• obeisant
• tractable
• orderly
• inhibited
• disciplined
• biddable
• constrained
• repressed
• decorous
• controllable
• law-abiding
• mannerly
• manageable
• tame
• meek
• teachable
• gentle
• curbed
• mild
• trainable
• governable
• disciplinable
• handleable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contrary
• defiant
• wilful
• wayward
• willful
• rebellious
• refractory
• recalcitrant
• rebel
• disobedient
• unruly
• noncompliant
• insurgent
• stubborn
• restive
• insubordinate
• obstinate
• ungovernable
• intractable
• mutinous
• balky
• wild
• uncontrollable
• contumacious
• unyielding
• obstreperous
• untoward
• resistant
• obdurate
• dogged
• defiant
• unmanageable
• unamenable
• peevish
• mulish
• bad
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• perverse
• errant
• incompliant
• disorderly
• froward
• balky
• naughty
• mischievous
• pigheaded
• undisciplined
• self-willed
• dissident
• disrespectful
• insolent
• impudent
• nonconformist
• misbehaving
• rude
• impolite
• ill-bred
• ill-mannered

surrendering

2 of 3

noun

as in relinquishment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishment
• dispossession
• transferal
• nonpossession

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• control
• possession
• hands
• enjoyment
• ownership
• power
• keeping
• authority
• command
• proprietorship
• mastery
• dominion

surrendering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of surrender

1

as in relinquishing

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle

the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishing
• rendering
• delivering
• ceding
• yielding
• abandoning
• transferring
• resigning
• turning in
• committing
• laying down
• giving up
• turning over
• entrusting
• handing over
• waiving
• forfeiting
• releasing
• coughing up
• renouncing
• discarding
• consigning
• deserting
• intrusting
• shedding
• forsaking
• parting (with)
• abnegating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• retaining
• withholding

2

as in succumbing

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in resigning

to give up (as a position of authority) formally

the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishing
• resigning
• abdicating
• renouncing
• ceding
• denying
• stepping down (from)
• waiving
• abnegating
• vacating
• abandoning
• disavowing
• stepping aside (from)
• disclaiming
• abjuring
• forsaking
• disowning
• yielding
• deserting
• demitting
• giving up
• handing over
• quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• claiming
• assuming
• appropriating
• seizing
• protecting
• confiscating
• securing
• defending
• arrogating
• taking over
• usurping
• guarding
• safeguarding
• wresting

4

as in submitting

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)

determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

5

as in falling

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

6

as in indulging

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulging
• abandoning
• yielding
• delivering
• reveling
• giving up
• revelling
• overdoing
• basking
• overindulging
• rolling
• wallowing
• luxuriating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• eschewing
• foregoing
• restraining
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• checking
• forgoing
• inhibiting
• forbearing