Synonyms for concede
Most common
confess acknowledge admit allow give up cede give capitulate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
4. Capitulate
capitulate, accede, come around, accord, consent, vouchsafe, assent
Definitions
- v. 1
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- v. 2
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
I have to concede the argument.
- v. 3
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- v. 4
To yield or make concession.
Related words
- Word family
- concedable concessible concession
Forms
- Past participle
- conceded
e.g. conceded → confessed, acknowledged, admitted, allowed…
Example sentences
- allow He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
- admit I must admit I don't like much contemporary music.
- acknowledge Could you please acknowledge receipt of this note?
- confess They made him confess to a crime he didn't commit.
- surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
- cede There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| concede | steady | |
| allow | rising | |
| admit | steady | |
| acknowledge | rising | |
| confess | rising | |
| surrender | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- own1
- 4 letters
- give1, fold1, cede1, avow2
- 5 letters
- allow2, grant1, admit2, yield1
- 6 letters
- accord2, assent2, accede2
- 7 letters
- consent2, confess2, profess2
- 9 letters
- recognize3, surrender3, recognise3, vouchsafe
- 10 letters
- relinquish3, capitulate4
- 11 letters
- acknowledge3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avow2 = 2 syllables).