Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend; lower oneself to another |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, act beneath oneself, concede, debase oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, oblige, patronize, relax, resort, sink, thaw, unbend, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | suffer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, permit |
| Synonyms: | abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bear with, bleed, bow, brave, brook, carry the torch, concede, countenance, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, indulge, know, let, license, live with, put up with, receive, sanction, see, sit and take it, stand, stomach*, submit, support, sustain, swallow*, sweat*, take it, take*, tolerate, undergo, wait out, yield |
| Antonyms: | disallow, fight, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; resign |
| Synonyms: | abandon, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle, deliver up, eat crow, eat humble pie, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go along with, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under, leave, let go, pack it in, part with, play dead, put up white flag, quit, relinquish, renounce, roll over, submit, succumb, throw in the towel, toss it in, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | conquer, fight, surpass, win |
| Main Entry: | understand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think, believe |
| Synonyms: | accept, assume, be informed, concede, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, count on, deduce, expect, fancy, feel for, gather, guess, hear, imagine, infer, learn, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take for granted, take it |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, mistake |
| Main Entry: | yield |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree, assent, bow, break, comply, concede, concur, consent, defer, fail, fit in, go along with, go with the flow, permit, play the game, surrender, toe the line, toe the mark, waive |
| Antonyms: | counter, disallow, disapprove, veto |
| Main Entry: | abide by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree to, concede, consent to, submit to |
| Main Entry: | give in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back down, bail out, bow out, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cease, cede, chicken out, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle, cut out, desist, despair, drop, fold, forswear, give up, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold out |
| Main Entry: | vouchsafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit |
| Synonyms: | award, bestow, concede, condescend, deign, favor, give, grant, yield |
| Antonyms: | refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | fess up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | admit, avow, concede, confess, own, own up to, recognize, support |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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