Synonyms for capitulate
Definitions
- v. 1
To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
Related words
- Word family
- capital capitalism capitulation captain capitulary
- Other spellings
- capitoulat capitoulate
Forms
- Past participle
- capitulated
e.g. capitulated → surrendered, succumbed, conceded, yielded…
Example sentences
- submit Applicants were requested to submit their resumes.
- surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
- concede They concede most of their goals from set pieces.
- succumb She had chosen to succumb to parental pressure.
- forfeit She came forth to forfeit her fourth-place medal.
By length
- 5 letters
- yield1
- 6 letters
- submit2
- 7 letters
- concede2, forfeit2, succumb2
- 9 letters
- surrender3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (submit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- capituler
- Italiano
- capitolare
- Deutsch
- kapitulieren