Synonyms of giving up

giving up 1 of 2

noun

as in surrender

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrender
• relinquishment
• abolition
• stopping
• abolishment
• halting
• ending
• termination
• rollback
• reversal
• calling off
• neutralization
• nullification
• annulment
• invalidation
• abortion
• cancelation
• revocation
• rescission
• repeal
• cancellation
• calling
• dropping
• recall
• voidance
• recision
• abandonment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuation
• beginning
• initiation
• engagement
• undertaking
• commencement

giving up

2 of 2

verb

present participle of give up

1

as in relinquishing

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

was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• retaining
• withholding

2

as in abandoning

to stop doing (something) permanently

I hope you won't give up playing the piano

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandoning
• having done (with)
• discontinuing
• laying off (of)
• quitting
• packing (up or in)
• dropping
• ending
• hanging it up
• knocking off
• shutting off
• finishing
• breaking off
• breaking up
• tapering off
• throwing up
• leaving off
• concluding
• ceasing
• winding up
• closing
• wrapping up
• halting
• rounding (off or out)
• pausing
• expiring
• terminating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carrying on
• keeping up
• continuing
• running on
• maintaining
• keeping
• holding on
• hanging on
• hanging in
• going
• persisting
• preserving
• staying
• renewing
• reopening
• following through (with)
• beginning
• resuming
• starting
• persevering
• commencing
• restarting

3

as in succumbing

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces

with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in indulging

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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