| Main Entry: | eat crow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble oneself |
Synonyms: |
eat dirt, eat humble pie, eat one's words, eat shit, swallow one's pride, tuck one's tail |
| Main Entry: | grovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abase, demean oneself |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, beg, beg for mercy, beseech, blandish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up, cater to, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, eat crow, eat dirt, eat humble pie, fall all over, fawn*, flatter, humble oneself, humor, implore, kiss one's feet, kneel, kowtow, make much of, make up to, pamper, play up to, prostrate*, revere, snivel, soft-soap, stoop, suck up to, truckle, wheedle, yes* |
Antonyms: |
boast |
| Main Entry: | submit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comply, endure |
Synonyms: |
abide, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, appease, be submissive, bend, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, concede, defer, eat crow, fold, give away, give ground, give in, give way, go with the flow, grin and bear it, humor, indulge, knuckle, knuckle under, kowtow, lay down arms, obey, put up with, quit, relent, relinquish, resign oneself, say uncle, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel, toe the line, tolerate, truckle, withstand, yield |
Antonyms: |
disobey, fight, resist |
| Main Entry: | succumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or surrender |
Synonyms: |
accede, bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave, cave in, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow, expire, fall, fall victim to, flake out, fold, give in, give in to, give out, give up the ghost, give way, go, go down, go under, knuckle, knuckle under, meet waterloo, pack it in, pass, pass away, perish, quit, show white flag, submit, take the count, throw in the towel, wilt, yield |
Antonyms: |
conquer, create, overcome, win |
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; resign |
Synonyms: |
abandon, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle, deliver up, eat crow, eat humble pie, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go along with, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under, leave, let go, pack it in, part with, play dead, put up white flag, quit, relinquish, renounce, roll over, submit, succumb, throw in the towel, toss it in, waive, yield |
Antonyms: |
conquer, fight, surpass, win |