Surrender Synonyms and Antonyms

sə-rĕndər
To accept defeat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. capitulate
  2. collapse
  3. fall
  4. quit
  5. go down
  6. go under
  7. give in
  8. topple
To let (something) go
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abandon
  2. cede
  3. forgo
  4. lay down
  5. relinquish
  6. yield
To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abandon
  2. give over
  3. give up
A giving up of a possession, claim, or right
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. resignation
  2. abandonment
  3. relinquishment
  4. yielding
  5. capitulation
  6. giving-up
  7. abdication
  8. cessation
  9. waiver
  10. submission
  11. giving way
  12. unconditional-surrender
  13. demission
  14. white-flag
  15. quitclaim
  16. acquiescence
  17. cession
  18. renunciation
  19. compliance
  20. delivery
To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bow
  2. buckle
  3. capitulate
  4. submit
  5. succumb
  6. yield
  7. fold
Antonyms:
  1. fight
  2. win
  3. conquer
  4. surpass
The act of submitting or surrendering to the power of another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. capitulation
  2. submission
  3. fall
Antonyms:
  1. win
  2. victory
  3. fight
  4. fighting
The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. delivery
  2. transfer
To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. relinquish
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. capitulatory
  2. unconditional

Words Related to Surrender

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.

Surrender Sentence Examples

  • She'd never felt a surrender like his.

  • I said a creature who has never known peace will surrender unconditionally when he tastes it for the first time.

  • Carmen coaxed him to surrender it to her hand.

  • He shook his head in surrender, and his voice softened.

  • Jackson put both hands up in surrender and chuckled.

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