succumbs - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | succumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or surrender |
| Synonyms: | accede, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow*, expire, fall, fold, give in, go, go down, go under, knuckle under*, pass, pass away, perish, quit, submit, wilt, yield, break down, cave in*, fall victim to, flake out, give in to, give out, give up the ghost, give way, knuckle, meet waterloo, pack it in, show white flag, take the count, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | conquer, create, overcome, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit, concede |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, bend, capitulate, cave, comply, defer, give in, knuckle under*, kowtow*, relent, succumb, surrender, yield, be servile, knuckle |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, overpower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capitulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in |
| Synonyms: | bow, cede, come across, concede, defer, fold, knuckle under, put out, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield, buckle under, cave in, come to terms, give away the store, give out, give up |
| Notes: | recapitulate means to briefly summarize and repeat the main points; capitulate means to surrender under agreed conditions |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, crack up*, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, flag, fold, founder, give, give in, go*, go to pieces*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield, belly up, cave in, conk out*, fall down, flake out, give out, give way |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose self-control |
| Synonyms: | become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip*, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces*, lose it, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | be calm, compose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
| Synonyms: | cease, check out*, croak*, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass over, perish, succumb, buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cool off, pass on |
| Antonyms: | bear, be born |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield |
| Synonyms: | accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, kowtow*, obey, submit, succumb, truckle, give in to, knuckle, knuckleunder |
| Antonyms: | advance, force, forge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; stop living |
| Synonyms: | be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, conk*, croak*, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket*, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate |
| Antonyms: | be born, begin, live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken, be overcome, become unconscious, go out like light |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be overthrown by an enemy; surrender |
| Synonyms: | back down, bend, capitulate, die, drop, give in, go down, go under, obey, perish, resign, slump, submit, succumb, yield, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, be taken, defer to, eat dirt, fall to pieces, give up, give way, lie down, pass into enemy hands |
| Antonyms: | advance, attain, overcome, overthrow, reach, win |
| Main Entry: | fall for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become infatuated with |
| Synonyms: | desire, fall in love with, flip over, go head over heels, lose one's head over, succumb |
| Antonyms: | repulse |
| Main Entry: | fatigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire, wear out |
| Synonyms: | burn out*, bush*, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, droop, drop, enervate, exhaust, fizzle, flag, knock out*, languish, peter out*, prostrate, sag, sink, succumb, take, weaken, wear down, weary, bedraggle, conk out*, fag, jade, overtire, poop, poop out*, tucker |
| Antonyms: | energize, refresh, envigorate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline, fall off |
| Synonyms: | abate, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, faint, languish, peter out*, pine, sag, sink, slump, succumb, wane, weaken, weary, wilt, taper off |
| Antonyms: | increase, rise, strengthen, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall victim to |
| Synonyms: | accept, catch, come down with*, contract, receive, sicken, succumb, take, be afflicted with, be given, be smitten by, become infected with, get sick |
| Antonyms: | overtake, overthrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, collapse |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, finish, fritter, give, pass away*, perish, run through*, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, waste, weaken, worsen, yield, fold up, pass on, use up |
| Antonyms: | create, be born |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose, fall |
| Synonyms: | collapse, crumple, decline, decrease, descend, droop, drop, fold, founder, go under, keel, lessen, pitch, plunge, reduce, sag, set, sink, slump, submerge, submit, succumb, topple, tumble, be beaten, be defeated, cave in, make less, submerse, suffer defeat |
| Antonyms: | gain, increase, go up |
| Main Entry: | go under |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, submerge |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, default, die, drown, fall, fold, founder, go down, sink, submit, succumb, suffocate, surrender, submerse |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be defeated |
| Synonyms: | decline, drop, fall, miss, succumb, yield, be humbled, be outdistanced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners, be the loser, be worsted, come up short, drop a bundle, kiss goodbye, lose out, suffer defeat, take a beating, take the count, take the heat |
| Antonyms: | achieve, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cease |
| Synonyms: | blow over*, close, decease, demise, depart, die, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, drop, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, pass away, perish, peter out*, stop, succumb, terminate, vanish, wane, cash in, melt away |
| Antonyms: | live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, cease living, croak, decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, pass on, perish, succumb |
| Antonyms: | be born, live |
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