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Synonyms for cave in
verb agree or consent

acquiesce
okay
grant
fold
endorse
assent
accept

cooperate
subscribe
admit
concede
let
yield
allow

permit
concur
comply
cry uncle
enter into
play ball
be game for

give the go-ahead
give the green light
go along with
roll over and play dead
throw in the towel

Antonyms for cave in

deny
refuse
reject
veto
disapprove
protest
disallow
dissent
dispute

repudiate
hinder
impede
obstruct
prevent
forbid
resist
condemn
demur

denounce
disagree
oppose
repel
decline
hold
keep

Synonyms
verb agree with some reluctance

conform
accede
concur
comply
give in
submit
okay
reconcile
consent

accept
ditto
accommodate
subscribe
set
adjust
yield
allow
pass

jibe
buy
approve
agree
adapt
come across
cry uncle
cut a deal
play ball

yes
go along
bow to
come around
give out
roll over and play dead
say uncle
shake on

Antonyms

refuse
deny
reject
resist
dissuade
veto
disapprove
dissent

protest
dispute
disallow
disarrange
hinder
prevent
disorder
object

differ
oppose
disagree
decline
unfit
unsuit

Synonyms
verb agree

subscribe
accede
defer
accord
adopt
okay
ditto
acquiesce

grant
conform
consent
sanction
accept
recognize
espouse
embrace

allow
permit
concur
buy
approve
comply
cut a deal
give in

knuckle under
give five
go along with
pass on
say uncle
shake on

Antonyms

deny
disallow
disapprove
refuse
reject
repudiate

veto
dissent
object
protest
dispute
resist

argue
oppose
disagree
differ
decline

Synonyms
verb back off

balk
renege
backtrack
take back
cancel
concede
back out
admit
withdraw

abandon
pull out
back off
surrender
retreat
give in
accede
acquiesce
bow out

chicken out
cop out
demur
hold back
recant
recoil
resign
submit
yield

pull back
give up
back pedal
beg off
give ground
go back on
have no fight left
wimp out
withdraw from agreement or statement

Antonyms

permit
uphold
dispute
dissent

refuse
reject
allow
fight

advance
go forward

Synonyms
verb contort, warp

twist
fold

bend
crumple

bulge
collapse

distort
yield

Antonyms

straighten

flatten

smooth

Synonyms
verb give in

cede
defer
concede
bow
relent

surrender
succumb
fold
submit
yield

come across
knuckle under
put out
buckle under
come to terms

give away the store
give out
give up

Antonyms

defend
fight

win
conquer

Synonyms
verb fall apart, break down

topple
founder
disintegrate
faint
shatter
break
fail
drop
crumple

weaken
exhaust
droop
tire
give
wilt
subside
deflate
bend

fold
flag
yield
go
weary
succumb
languish
crack up
give in

go to pieces
keel over
fall down
give way
belly up
conk out
flake out
give out

Antonyms

straighten
accomplish
achieve
mend
invigorate
refresh

inflate
activate
energize
withhold
grow
increase

create
succeed
fix
strengthen
rise
build

Synonyms
verb abide by, follow agreement or instructions

satisfy
quit
obey
acquiesce
submit
observe
give in
defer
accord
accede
ditto

perform
mind
yield
keep
fold
fulfill
discharge
respect
agree to
cry uncle
knuckle under

play ball
put out
adhere to
give up
come around
conform to
consent to
fit in
give out
go along with
go with the flow

knuckle to
play the game
roll over and play dead
shape up
stay in line
straighten up
throw in towel
toss it in
yes one
don’t make waves
don’t rock the boat

Antonyms

dissuade
disobey
deny
disallow
disapprove
refuse

withhold
condemn
prevent
ignore
rebuff
reject

resist
oppose
fail
neglect
decline

Synonyms
verb acknowledge, give in

relinquish
cede
hand over
quit
confess
grant
accept
admit

yield
allow
surrender
capitulate
accord
own
ditto
waive

award
fold
avow
bury the hatchet
cry uncle
knuckle under
let on
fess up

give up
go along with
go with the flow
own up
play ball with
say uncle
throw in the towel
yes one

Antonyms

deny
repudiate
refuse
veto
reject
dispute

disallow
disapprove
contradict
disacknowledge
dissent
hold

keep
defend
fight
win
disagree

Synonyms
verb make or become wrinkled

crush
buckle
scrunch
screw
wad
collapse

ruck
rumple
pucker
crease
fold
crinkle

fall
crimp
wrinkle
shrivel
go to pieces
rimple

break down
crimple
give way

Antonyms

flatten
straighten

rise
smooth

Synonyms
verb move down, lower a

go down
plunge
crash
collapse
tumble
dive
subside
settle
cascade
slide
plummet
swoop
slip

penetrate
disembark
trickle
dip
stumble
sink
slope
set
pitch
crouch
trip
ground
decline

plop
stoop
topple
gravitate
slump
slant
coast
dismount
toboggan
submerge
fall
weep
dribble

incline
light
drop
cataract
get down
get off
prolapse
detrain
deplane
fall prostrate
lose balance
slough off

Antonyms

increase
ascend
grow
even

straighten
pour
go up
rise

leave
level
mount

Synonyms
verb let go of; fall

shoot
decline
lower
plunge
collapse
dump
tumble
dive
slump

shed
abandon
slide
plummet
go down
slip
knock
release
fell

sink
duck
relinquish
loosen
topple
unload
flop
floor
descend

pitch
depress
ground
plump
bring down
keel over
give up
nose-dive

Antonyms

increase
ascend
compliment
praise
pour
take up

rise
go up
raise
build
hold
keep

maintain
downpour
mount
continue
do
pursue

Synonyms
verb descend; become lower

decline
plunge
crash
collapse
tumble
dwindle
ease
slump
stumble
settle
plummet
decrease
sink
slip

diminish
go down
dip
dive
depreciate
land
slope
ebb
wane
lessen
pitch
trip
droop
buckle

subside
backslide
totter
topple
gravitate
trail
drag
abate
spin
relapse
lapse
flop
recede
flag

cascade
regress
keel over
be precipitated
break down
drop down
fold up
hit the dirt
nose-dive
take a header
tip over

Antonyms

increase
ascend
enlarge
grow
compliment
praise
climb
attain

overcome
overthrow
rise
go up
develop
expand
extend
lose

raise
strengthen
progress
scale
advance
reach
win

Synonyms
verb admit defeat

abandon
back down
bail out
bow out
capitulate
cease
cede
chicken out
collapse

comply
concede
cry uncle
cut out
desist
despair
drop
fold
forswear

hand over
leave off
pull out
quit
relinquish
resign
stop
submit
surrender

waive
walk out on
yield
buckle under
drop like a hot potato
take the oath
throw in the towel
wash one’s hands of

Antonyms

withstand
fight

hold out
stand up to

Synonyms
verb lose, fall

decline
plunge
collapse
tumble
reduce
drop
slump
decrease

sink
pitch
crumple
descend
droop
fold
founder
go under

keel
lessen
sag
set
submerge
submit
succumb
topple

submerse
be beaten
be defeated
make less
suffer defeat

Antonyms

increase
ascend
grow

gain
rise
go up

expand
raise
strengthen

Synonyms
verb collapse inward

fold

fall down

fall in

fold up

Synonyms
verb make a space; push in slightly

pink
depress
cut
dent
serrate

mark
hollow
nick
score
bash

dint
jag
notch
pit
rut

scallop
rabbet

Antonyms

raise

flush

Synonyms
verb grovel

pander
genuflect
fawn
court
flatter

bow
stoop
fold
cower
prostrate

cringe
kneel
brownnose
give in
knuckle under

go along with
lie down and roll over
say uncle
toe the mark

Antonyms

ignore

straighten

Synonyms
verb die down; let up

quit
slacken
acquiesce
relax
subside
soften
capitulate
comply
give in
forbear
slow

ebb
wane
ease
drop
yield
fold
melt
fall
moderate
weaken
cry uncle

come around
ease off
let go
give up
be merciful
cool it
die away
ease up on
give quarter
give some slack
give way

go along with
go easy on
have mercy
have pity
lay back
let it happen
lighten up
mellow out
say uncle
show mercy
change one’s mind

Antonyms

worry
grow
increase

ascend
continue
advance

rise
free
build

Synonyms
verb pull back, go away

reverse
depart
fall back
backtrack
retire
recede
evacuate
leave
abandon
back down
go back
withdraw
escape
go

hide
back off
reel
shrink
pull out
relinquish
quit
run
ebb
resign
avoid
back
elude
disengage

fold
sequester
decamp
evade
retrograde
vacate
recoil
regress
quail
back away
back out
beat it
draw back
hand over

opt out
turn tail
retrocede
give ground
go along with
keep aloof
keep apart
lay down
move back
seclude oneself
start back

Antonyms

remain
meet
come
enter
continue

stay
forge
forward
advance
keep

go forward
take on
face

Synonyms
verb droop

wilt
slump
fall off
slide
drop off
sink
slip
dip

languish
decline
swag
flop
flap
bulge
lean
drop

curve
bow
bag
flag
settle
bend
fall
fail

dangle
hang
fall away
give way
hang down

Antonyms

ascend
increase
grow
accomplish
achieve

straighten
bulge
draw up
tighten
rise

strengthen
go up
succeed
reach
win

Synonyms
verb fall in, go under

dig
capsize
ram
sag
plummet
disappear
go down
wreck
descend
plunge
decline
slump
drown
stick

submerge
fall
overturn
lower
drop
drive
settle
drill
dip
slope
set
founder
overwhelm
engulf

bore
ebb
depress
droop
subside
couch
stoop
flounder
run
stab
lay
thrust
excavate
immerse

swamp
regress
scuttle
bring down
let down
put down
demit
shipwreck
cast down
force down
go to the bottom
tip over
touch bottom

Antonyms

ascend
increase
excite
grow
float
brave

rise
go up
raise
halt
succeed
lift

neglect
strengthen
fight
underwhelm

Synonyms
verb decline, sink

go down
plunge
hunch
collapse
tumble
slouch
drop

sag
fall off
slide
plummet
droop
slip
fall

deteriorate
crash
decay
loll
bend
pitch
blight

topple
keel over
go downhill
go to ruin
reach new low

Antonyms

increase
ascend

straighten
go up

rise
build

Synonyms
verb die down; decrease

slacken
ebb
wane
dwindle
ease
recede
melt

descend
abate
diminish
peter out
decline
lower
collapse

taper
drop
settle
sink
fall
moderate
quieten

lull
let up
ease off
de-escalate
die away
level off

Antonyms

increase
grow
enlarge
prolong

ascend
rise
develop
expand

extend
go up

Synonyms
verb die or surrender

quit
perish
go down
wilt
buckle
yield
bow
pass away
defer
cease
capitulate

give in
decease
accede
depart
collapse
fall
cave
submit
fold
expire
demise

pass
go
drop
croak
go under
knuckle under
break down
give way
knuckle
eat crow
fall victim to

flake out
give in to
give out
give up the ghost
meet waterloo
pack it in
show white flag
take the count
throw in the towel

Antonyms

deny
refuse
ascend
create
overcome

continue
defend
fight
be born
bear

stay
rise
conquer
win

Synonyms
verb give up; resign

relinquish
cede
hand over
renounce
waive
quit
yield
leave
concede
submit

abandon
commit
succumb
capitulate
give in
forego
consign
fold
fall
entrust

cry uncle
go down
go under
knuckle under
knuckle
eat crow
buckle under
deliver up
eat humble pie
go along with

let go
pack it in
part with
play dead
put up white flag
roll over
throw in the towel
toss it in

Antonyms

refuse
reject
surpass
hold

keep
defend
fight
win

retain
come
continue
conquer

Synonyms
verb sag, fail

droop
ebb
wane
dwindle
faint
melt
wither

fade
diminish
shrivel
succumb
collapse
drop
mummify

flag
weaken
sink
waste
languish
become limp
break down

dry up
give out
waste away
wizen

Antonyms

increase
grow
enlarge
bloom

rise
develop
expand
extend

build
strengthen

Synonyms
verb give in, surrender

buy
leave
bow
succumb
capitulate
relinquish
cede
collapse
relax
abdicate

sag
submit
defer
fold
relent
break
resign
go
abandon
crumple

bend
back down
hand over
knuckle under
give up
give way
knuckle
admit defeat
call it quits
come to terms

fold up
give oneself over
lay down arms
let go
part with
suffer defeat
throw in the towel

Antonyms

increase
assert
hide
straighten
disallow
withhold
deny
prevent

refuse
reject
counter
disapprove
veto
defend
fight
hold

keep
build
rise
retain
agree
stay
oppose

Synonyms
verb give in

acquiesce
retreat

submit
surrender

yield
give up

Synonyms
verb to surrender

break
surrender

give up
give way

say uncle
put one’s tail between one’s legs

Synonyms
verb admit defeat

relinquish
cede
hand over
pull out
quit
yield
back down
concede

submit
comply
abandon
cease
surrender
capitulate
bail out
bow out

chicken out
collapse
cry uncle
cut out
desist
despair
drop
fold

forswear
leave off
resign
stop
waive
give up
buckle under

Antonyms

persevere
deny
refuse
reject
disobey
resist

hold
keep
defend
fight
win
retain

continue
start
oppose
hold out

Synonyms
verb sink

slope
set
capsize
founder
overwhelm
lay
ram
sag
plummet
engulf
bore
disappear
decline
ebb

wreck
subside
drown
couch
stoop
flounder
descend
plunge
run
depress
slump
dig
stab
scuttle

submerge
fall
thrust
overturn
excavate
droop
lower
immerse
drop
drive
swamp
settle
drill
regress

dip
stick
bring down
demit
go down
let down
put down
shipwreck
cast down
force down
go to the bottom
tip over
touch bottom

Antonyms

ascend
dissuade
excite
increase
grow
dry
displace

remove
go up
rise
discourage
halt
succeed
lift

neglect
stop
raise
fill
underwhelm

Synonyms
noun downfall, breakdown

crash
catastrophe
failure
disruption
debacle
destruction
disintegration

bankruptcy
ruination
smash
faint
subsidence
wreck
flop

exhaustion
cataclysm
prostration
undoing
disorganization
smashup
ruining

basket case
cave-in
conk out
crackup

Antonyms

miracle
success
increase

wonder
creation
good fortune

build-up
rise

Synonyms
noun injury, loss

blow
devastation
harm
illness
hardship
bruise
wound
corruption
disturbance
suffering
accident
deterioration
contamination

destruction
impairment
catastrophe
casualty
pollution
knockout
mishap
adulteration
stroke
affliction
wrecking
ruin
ravage

outrage
waste
mischief
infliction
evil
hurt
bane
wrong
disservice
debasement
breakage
spoilage
blemish

reverse
deprivation
depreciation
detriment
wreckage
adversity
ruining
marring
mutilation
cave-in

Antonyms

building
advantage
health
favor
cleanliness
purification
happiness
improvement
aid

goodness
virtue
good luck
giving
boon
profit
good fortune
construction
creation

benefit
blessing
good
help
development
fortune
kindness

Synonyms
noun moving down; lowering

slide
plunge
slope
declivity
tumble
grade
sag
header
slip
settlement

decline
droop
gradient
swoop
declension
inclination
sinking
crash
slant
coast

hill
fall
downgrade
precipitation
incline
drop
declination
landslide
dip
falling

topple
plunging
drop-off
prolapse
tailspin
cave-in
coming down
plummeting
sinkage

Antonyms

evenness
increase
ascension

improvement
level
rise

ascent
elevation
upgrade