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Synonyms for gave way
verb dislodge from staid position

bend
propel
shift
move
influence

yield
sway
push
slide
persuade

remove
inch
convince
stir
roll

change
locomote
change position
give way

Antonyms for gave way

hinder
remain
dissuade
prevent
repress

suppress
hold
keep
fix
stay

stop
discourage
steady
leave alone

Synonyms
verb back down

chicken out
avoid
back down
back out
bow out
cancel
cop out
make concessions
pull out

recant
renege
resign
scratch
surrender
welsh
withdraw
yield
back pedal

beg off
blow it off
funk out
get cold feet
give up
give way
go back on
have no stomach for
shy from

throw in the towel
turn yellow
weasel out
wiggle out
wimp out
worm out

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
cave in
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 lose self-control

collapse
flip
succumb
yield

blow up
go crazy
go to pieces
break down

become deranged
become insane
bug out
give way

go bonkers
lose it
blow one’s mind

Antonyms

mend
misunderstand

fix
be calm

compose

Synonyms
verb fall

smash
plunge
hurtle
collapse
tumble
ditch
dive
drop

collide
bump
slip
meet
topple
overturn
sprawl
upset

lurch
pancake
pitch
bite the dust
overbalance
prang
washout
crash-land

drive into
fall flat
fall headlong
fall prostrate
give way
go in
plough into
splash down

Antonyms

ascend
increase

straighten
rise

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
cave in
crimple
give way

Antonyms

flatten
straighten

rise
smooth

Synonyms
verb give up hope

relinquish
despond
renounce
drop
yield

resign
flatten
abandon
destroy
surrender

take down
be hopeless
give way
have heavy heart
let air out

lose faith
lose heart

Antonyms

hope
wish for
keep

pursue
anticipate
expect

have faith

Synonyms
verb be overthrown by an enemy; surrender

go down
drop
slump
die
submit
perish
resign

yield
bend
succumb
capitulate
obey
back down
give in

go under
give up
be casualty
be destroyed
be killed
be lost
be taken

defer to
eat dirt
fall to pieces
give way
lie down
pass into enemy hands

Antonyms

increase
ascend
disobey
climb
attain

overcome
overthrow
rise
fight
go up

scale
advance
reach
win

Synonyms
verb yield, collapse

hand over
grant
devote
lend
fail
allow
go
open
retire

sag
crumble
fold
bend
weaken
cede
cave
concede
relent

shrink
flex
relax
break
sink
fall
surrender
retreat
relinquish

slacken
recede
contract
crumple
bow to
fold up
give way

Antonyms

deny
refuse
tighten
put together
straighten
increase
enlarge
grow
stretch
conceal
refrain

withhold
withstand
hold
keep
finish
join
build
strengthen
fight
win
disagree

rise
expand
face
meet
extend
advance
forge
take
hold up

Synonyms
verb conform, give in

execute
accept
observe
embrace
heed
surrender
carry out
comply
respond
accord
accede

concur
acquiesce
perform
serve
mind
submit
keep
discharge
answer
follow
assent

agree
fulfill
abide by
knuckle under
toe the line
adhere to
live by
act upon
be loyal to
be ruled by
bow to

do as one says
do what is expected
do what one is told
get in line
give way
hold fast
play second fiddle
take orders
do one’s bidding
do one’s duty

Antonyms

disregard
ignore
deny
refuse
reject
disallow
disapprove
protest
dispute

object
dissent
disobey
mutiny
rebel
forget
leave
miss
neglect

decline
overlook
ask
question
argue
oppose
disagree
differ
fail

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
cave in

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 leave a place or responsibility

relinquish
depart
pull out
separate
remove
withdraw
go
surrender
retreat
revoke
ebb
recede

resign
secede
part
exit
yield
regress
decamp
repeal
rescind
draw back
fall back
get off

hand over
take off
turn in
rusticate
absent oneself
deny oneself
get away
give ground
give up work
give way
go away
go to bed

go to sleep
hit the sack
leave service
make vacant
pull back
run along
seclude oneself
sever connections
stop working
go to one’s room

Antonyms

remain
increase
come in
continue

stay
advance
approve
join

arrive
begin
enter

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
cave in
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 separate, break

fracture
click

pop
crack

crackle
come apart

give way

Antonyms

combine
liberate

fix
free

loose

Synonyms
verb break up, pull apart

rive
divide
separate
tear
splinter
isolate
rip
break
disband
crack

open
sever
fork
cleave
disjoin
rend
burst
divorce
hack
bifurcate

branch
diverge
gape
slit
part
sunder
slash
disunite
snap
whack

dissever
dichotomize
come apart
come undone
give way
go separate ways
part company
put asunder

Antonyms

combine
unite
mend
sew

wait
hide
attach
join

agree
fix
close
pull together

Synonyms
verb comply, endure

defer
surrender
agree
acknowledge
withstand
kowtow
appease
fold
concede
capitulate
cede
accede

humor
acquiesce
buckle
cave
abide
stoop
relent
succumb
obey
quit
indulge
truckle

relinquish
tolerate
yield
bow
bend
give away
give in
knuckle under
toe the line
knuckle
eat crow
be submissive

give ground
give way
go with the flow
grin and bear it
lay down arms
put up with
resign oneself
say uncle
throw in the towel

Antonyms

contradict
refuse
flatten
dispute
dissent
reject
deny
protest

straighten
disallow
disapprove
veto
disobey
resist
conceal
dissuade

hide
leave
disagree
fight
defend
win
stop
continue

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
cave in
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 reduce the strength of

depress
lower
dilute
halt
decline
dwindle
lessen
wane
reduce
cripple
soften
impair
decrease
abate

diminish
sap
undermine
invalidate
debilitate
limp
crumble
impoverish
fail
enervate
tremble
languish
cut
debase

droop
tire
faint
vitiate
fade
moderate
totter
exhaust
relax
flag
devitalize
adulterate
relapse
mitigate

wilt
minimize
thin
lose
temper
break up
water down
ease up
give way
lose spirit
slow down
thin out

Antonyms

increase
compliment
praise
enlarge
grow
aid
assist
prolong
energize
invigorate
achieve
activate

animate
improve
clean
enhance
purify
refresh
incite
excite
build up
encourage
raise
rise

strengthen
develop
expand
extend
help
succeed
win
free
agitate
aggravate

Synonyms
verb remove something or someone from situation

quit
depart
pull out
retire
disengage
leave
eliminate
go
drop out
retreat
blow
abjure
recede

secede
switch
book
exit
quail
vacate
recoil
detach
extract
shrink
back out
bail out
bow out

check out
draw back
fall back
get off
phase out
take off
pull back
absent oneself
draw away
ease out
exfiltrate
get away
get lost

give ground
give way
keep aloof
keep apart
make oneself scarce
run along
seclude oneself
take a hike
take away
take leave
take out

Antonyms

persevere
come in
combine
unite
remain
permit
come

stay
continue
enter
begin
join
engage
keep

arrive
face
meet
advance
allow

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
cave in

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 to surrender

break
surrender

cave in
give up

give way
say uncle

put one’s tail between one’s legs

Synonyms
verb retire

depart
ebb
remove
go
revoke
repeal
secede
exit
separate
resign
part
decamp

surrender
retreat
rescind
relinquish
recede
yield
pension
withdraw
regress
draw back
fall back
get off

hand over
pull out
take off
turn in
rusticate
absent oneself
deny oneself
get away
give ground
give up work
give way
go away

go to bed
go to sleep
hit the sack
leave service
make vacant
pull back
put out to pasture
run along
seclude oneself
sever connections
stop working
go to one’s room

Antonyms

increase
remain
combine
come in
unite

permit
arrive
come
enter
stay

approve
join
advance
forge
allow