Synonyms of given up

given up

verb

past participle of give up

1

as in relinquished

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

• relinquished
• laid down
• turned in
• turned over
• rendered
• handed over
• coughed up
• abandoned
• ceded
• delivered
• surrendered
• yielded
• resigned
• shed
• entrusted
• forfeited
• intrusted
• transferred
• waived
• committed
• consigned
• discarded
• parted (with)
• renounced
• released
• forsaken
• abnegated
• deserted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kept
• retained
• withheld

2

as in quitted

to stop doing (something) permanently

I hope you won't give up playing the piano

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quitted
• abandoned
• quit
• had done (with)
• finished
• laid off (of)
• packed (up or in)
• ceased
• knocked off
• dropped
• discontinued
• ended
• hung it up
• paused
• broken up
• shut off
• left off
• broken off
• thrown up
• concluded
• closed
• halted
• expired
• tapered off
• wrapped up
• rounded (off or out)
• wound up
• terminated
• winded up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carried on
• continued
• maintained
• kept
• kept up
• gone
• run on
• held on
• hung on
• persisted
• hung in
• renewed
• resumed
• stayed
• preserved
• started
• reopened
• persevered
• begun
• commenced
• followed through (with)
• restarted

3

as in given (in)

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

• given (in)
• collapsed
• capitulated
• fallen
• submitted
• surrendered
• succumbed
• knuckled under
• bowed
• lost
• handed over
• relinquished
• buckled
• caved (in)
• conceded
• folded
• failed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stood
• opposed
• endured
• fought
• resisted
• won
• overcome
• beat
• beaten
• prevailed
• defied
• withstood
• repelled
• conquered
• bucked
• triumphed

4

as in abandoned

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

• abandoned
• yielded
• indulged
• surrendered
• delivered
• overdone
• rolled
• reveled
• overindulged
• basked
• revelled
• luxuriated
• wallowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• eschewed
• checked
• foregone
• restrained
• inhibited
• forgone
• forborne