Antonyms for submit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : suhb-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪt |
Definition of submit
Origin :- late 14c., "to place (oneself) under the control of another," from Latin submittere "to yield, lower, let down, put under, reduce," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Sense of "refer to another for consideration" first recorded 1550s. Related: Submitted; submitting.
- verb comply, endure
- verb present, offer; argue for
- He was no longer in a mood to counsel fight, even though he disliked to submit.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You can even now return, if you will submit to be a mere sojourner in Athens.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Joe saw that there was no help for him, and that for the time he must submit.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Till then we must submit with what fortitude and cheerfulness we may.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I never was in love as it is called; and whether this be it, or not, I must submit to you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In course of time he died, and his widow was exhorted to submit to the Will of God.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- In other words, death will be abolished by race-unanimity not to submit to it.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- This Richard of Shakespeare is so far, I submit, almost incomprehensible.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- But the greatest mark of love is to submit to the will of her who is loved.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Tell me that you submit to my arguments, and do not reproach me for using such.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
Synonyms for submit
- abide
- accede
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- agree
- appease
- argue
- assert
- be submissive
- bend
- bow
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave
- cede
- claim
- commit
- concede
- contend
- defer
- eat crow
- fold
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give way
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- hand in
- humor
- indulge
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- lay down arms
- make a pitch
- move
- obey
- proffer
- propose
- proposition
- propound
- put
- put forward
- put up with
- quit
- refer
- relent
- relinquish
- resign oneself
- say uncle
- state
- stoop
- succumb
- suggest
- surrender
- table
- tender
- theorize
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- tolerate
- truckle
- urge
- volunteer
- withstand
- yield
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