submit

submit

verb

Definition of SUBMIT

1

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) <in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine>

Synonyms blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender

Related Words acquiesce; defer

Near Antonyms contend, fight, hold off; battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand

Antonyms resist

2

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) <refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night>

Synonyms bow, cave (in), give in, submit, succumb, surrender

Related Words cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallow; acquiesce (to), concede (to); buckle (under), knuckle under; give over (to)

Near Antonyms battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand; reject; bridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle

Antonyms hold off, resist

3

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces <the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way>

Synonyms capitulate, give up, knuckle under, submit, succumb, surrender

Related Words bow, buckle, cave (in), collapse, give (in); hand over, relinquish; lose; concede, fail, fold

Near Antonyms buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstand; beat, overcome, win; conquer, prevail, triumph

Antonyms endure, stand