Antonyms for succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 5 votes

1. succumb

   Antonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

   Synonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, surrender, yield

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1. succumb

   Antonyms:
   resist, rise, contend, battle, fight, surmount

   Synonyms:
   surrender, comply, submit, acquiesce, yield, sink, resign

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1. • Consent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb

   consent reluctantly

   Antonyms:
   come through, pull round, survive, make it, pull through

   Synonyms:
   defer, render, ease up, grant, give way, pay, accede, relent, give, afford, knuckle under, give in, cede, concede, soften, move over, generate, return, buckle under, bow, yield, bear, submit

2. succumb, yieldverb

   be fatally overwhelmed

   Antonyms:
   survive, come through, pull through, pull round, make it

   Synonyms:
   ease up, grant, give way, pay, bear, relent, give, buckle under, afford, knuckle under, give in, concede, soften, move over, generate, cede, return, yield, render

How to use succumb in a sentence?

1. James Anthony Kenny:

   Depression: Is it a human condition one can live with or a condition on should succumb to?

2. Ben Carson:

   If we are to defeat our Democratic opponent in the general election this November, we must reach an agreement together with each other that we will not succumb to the media's desire for a fight on the stage in Detroit.

3. Altaf Hussain:

   Be it the pro-India or separatist leaders, everybody is hiding behind Covid-19 in Greater Kashmir. There is no political activity, there are no statements issued by the pro-India or pro-freedom leadership, so local media doesn't have to make any choices what to publish and what not to publish, covid-19 situation has given breathing space to media in Greater Kashmir, but when this pandemic passes and political activity resumes, we have to see how the media local media behaves. We have to see whether they will face the challenges or succumb.

4. Adeyemi Okunowo:

   There are age-related medical complications that come with being pregnant at that age such as the baby being born preterm. She's lucky but many may succumb to other complications during or after having a baby.

5. Denise Reed:

   If there are cultural sites, cultural relics or an archaeological site of historical interest, unless there are measures taken to specifically provide protection from erosion or to keep the water out, then they will succumb eventually.

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