SURRENDERING Synonyms: 252 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in yielding

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noun

as in relinquishment

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verb

present participle of surrender

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of surrendering

Adjective

The Mule lands on the planet, and Indbur the weasel immediately kneels before the pirate, completely surrendering. —

Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025

Noun

He was eventually talked into surrendering. —

Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026 Anderson has spent her career making albums, visual art, and films that deal with the surrendering of humanity to technology, loss, and even Amelia Earhart. —

David Harris, SPIN, 11 May 2026 When officers arrived, Martinez holed up inside the home and held police at bay until he was coaxed into surrendering. —

Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 But there’s also the surrendering. —

Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state. —

Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

Verb

Sirianni, 45, a hypercompetitive hothead who has conspicuously engaged with players (in Eagles and opposing jerseys), coaches (Eagles and opposing), fans (same) and officials, wants to be a mature person who can rein in his emotions, but not at the expense of surrendering his essence. —

Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Filling this time with meetings (or low-yield tasks) means surrendering the hours best suited for deep work and strategic thinking to reactive demands. —

Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself. —

Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026 That person, identified by police as 41-year-old Woodland resident Amy Dorsey, allegedly ran from officers before eventually surrendering. —

Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 June 2026 The 49ers did it in March, surrendering a third-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys, who had a surplus of starting defensive tackles after last season’s trades for Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark. —

Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 Hezbollah has been resisting surrendering its weapons, something Lebanese leaders have pledged will happen. —

Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 Despite surrendering a line-drive single to Geraldo Perdomo, Ohtani escaped unscathed thanks to the inning-ending double play. —

Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 In his last two starts of May, Morris went 13 innings while surrendering just one run after surrendering five or more twice earlier in the month. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

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Gold rose on Tuesday, but remained on track for its steepest monthly decline since October 2008, as persistent inflation worries and expectations of higher interest rates due to the impact of the Iran war weighed on the non-yielding metal.

— Ashitha Shivaprasad, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The prospect of higher interest rates as a result of the war could boost government bonds among investors, at the expense of non-yielding precious metals, market strategists told CNBC recently.

— Joseph Wilkins,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026