Bowing Synonyms and Antonyms

bōiŋ
Yield to another's wish or opinion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. submitting
  2. yielding
  3. acceding
  4. deferring
Submit, concede
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yielding
  2. folding
  3. surrendering
  4. succumbing
  5. acquiescing
  6. turning
  7. tying
  8. stooping
  9. submitting
  10. stemming
  11. saluting
  12. prostrating
  13. overwhelming
  14. obeying
  15. knotting
  16. inflicting
  17. inclining
  18. genuflecting
  19. fiddling
  20. ducking
  21. bending
  22. buckling
  23. dipping
  24. deferring
  25. curving
  26. crushing
  27. crossing
  28. crooking
  29. conceding
  30. arching
  31. arcing
  32. abasing
Antonyms:
  1. overpowering
  2. defending
  3. fighting
To incline the body
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stooping
  2. scrunching
  3. hunching
  4. humping
  5. bending
  6. arching
To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yielding
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bow
  2. obeisance
Showing an excessively deferential manner
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bowed

Words Related to Bowing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Bowing Sentence Examples

  • Charles knelt before him, bowing his head.

  • He shook his head in defeat and opened the door for her, bowing deeply.

  • Another important result of the investigation was that the phase of vibration of the fork was not altered by bowing it, the amplitude alone changing.

  • Gladstone, bowing at once to the verdict of the people, resigned office, and Lord Salisbury returned to power.

  • He died on the 22nd of December 1419, and all visitors to the Baptistery at Florence may admire, under its high baldacchino, the sombre figure sculptured by Donatello of the dethroned pontiff, who had at least the merit of bowing his head under his chastisement, and of contributing by his passive resignation to the extinction of the series of popes which sprang from the council of Pisa.

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