Synonyms of succumbing

succumbing

verb

present participle of succumb

1

as in submitting

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• submitting
• conceding
• surrendering
• bowing
• yielding
• budging
• capitulating
• relenting
• quitting
• blinking
• giving in
• acquiescing
• throwing in the sponge
• throwing in the towel
• knuckling under
• deferring
• saying uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• fighting
• contending
• facing
• confronting
• opposing
• combating
• battling
• countering
• defying
• meeting
• combatting
• objecting
• repelling
• withstanding
• thwarting
• holding off
• breasting

2

as in surrendering

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)

refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• submitting
• surrendering
• yielding
• bowing
• indulging
• giving in
• caving (in)
• gratifying
• wallowing
• catering (to)
• conceding (to)
• buckling (under)
• acquiescing (to)
• knuckling under
• giving over (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisting
• facing
• fighting
• confronting
• opposing
• combating
• battling
• countering
• defying
• meeting
• combatting
• objecting
• withstanding
• repelling
• thwarting
• rejecting
• holding off
• checking
• breasting
• restraining
• inhibiting
• curbing
• stifling
• constraining
• bridling

3

as in dying

to stop living

the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed, and then he opened his eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• falling
• perishing
• departing
• disappearing
• ending
• expiring
• exiting
• going
• fading
• passing (on)
• dropping
• parting
• checking out
• croaking
• passing away
• stepping out
• buying it
• deceasing
• popping off
• kicking off
• flatlining
• kicking in
• demising
• pegging out
• failing
• buying the farm
• kicking the bucket
• snuffing it
• giving up the ghost
• conking (out)
• biting the dust
• consuming
• predeceasing
• drying up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• breathing
• lingering
• coming to
• being
• reviving
• existing
• flourishing
• subsisting
• thriving
• prospering

4

as in falling

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces

the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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