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Synonyms for succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb

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  1. succumb

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

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

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

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

    consent reluctantly

    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

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

  2. succumb, yieldverb

    be fatally overwhelmed

    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

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

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  1. succumbverb

    Synonyms:
    yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way

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  1. List of paraphrases for "succumb":

    succumbed

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How to use succumb in a sentence?

  1. Russell Geekie:

    During a famine, death does not necessarily come from starvation, but often from disease as weakened people succumb.

  2. Andrew Wyatt:

    Because of this pandemic, criteria across this country have been thrown out the window. They have shut down entire states. No ones making money. The governments stimulus package was put in place to help people through this pandemic, all elderly inmates like Mr. Cosby could succumb to this virus. It seems its more politically motivated and personally motivated to not let this man out.Its very upsetting and disappointing.

  3. Sergiy Kyslytsya:

    Members of the Security Council, The United Nations is sick, The United Nations's a matter of fact. Security Council's been hit by the virus spread by the Kremlin, will Security Council succumb to this virus ? Security Council is in the hands of the membership.

  4. Foster Sr.:

    We haven't been told anything. I don't know if they beat my son to death or what ? Did he succumb to his injuries or something ? We just have no idea because [ the sheriff's office ] aren't saying anything.

  5. Herbert Fenstermeim:

    The question is not whether you're frightened or not, but whether you or the fear is in control. If you say, 'I won't be frightened,' and then you experience fear, most likely you'll succumb to it, because you're paying attention to it. The correct thing to tell yourself is, 'If I do get frightened, I will stay in command.'


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