Synonyms of surrendering

surrendering 1 of 3

adjective

as in yielding

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

• contrary
• defiant
• 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

Related Words

• relinquishment
• dispossession
• transferal
• nonpossession

Dissimilar Words

• 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
• 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
• capitulating
• yielding
• relenting
• budging
• quitting
• giving in
• acquiescing
• blinking
• knuckling under
• deferring
• throwing in the towel
• saying uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• fighting
• contending
• opposing
• confronting
• facing
• meeting
• objecting
• combating
• battling
• countering
• defying
• 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
• 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
• overdoing
• basking
• overindulging
• rolling
• wallowing
• luxuriating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

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

Across approximately 2,300 square meters (24,757 square feet), Sentosa has been carefully reworked for contemporary living without surrendering its heritage. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Former White Sox Aaron Civale (5-7) took the loss for the Athletics after surrendering four runs on six hits in 2 1/3 innings. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

In 2008, reeling from the global financial crisis, the British government formally recognized Tibet as part of China—surrendering over a century of support for Tibetan autonomy. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

On that note, with your celestial ruler, Venus, taking a dip in your sleepy 12th house of resting, retreating and surrendering to the ebb and flow of your spirit, you’re encouraged to slow down. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

By the end, the Sparks spent the game playing catch-up, never regaining the lead after surrendering it in the first 49 seconds to Johnson. — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

In return for surrendering the earlier surpluses, Social Security is also receiving an additional $3 trillion in interest payments from the Treasury’s general revenues from 1983 to 2032—which likewise contribute to budget deficits. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Freeland also pitched out of trouble in the fifth after surrendering back-to-back one-out singles. — Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

After surrendering the two runs, Jump struck out Ohtani and Pages, two of his five strikeouts Monday, to limit the damage. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026