Synonyms for caved in
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : keyv |
Phonetic Transcription : keɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for caved in Other synonyms for the word caved in
- abdicate
- accept
- accommodate
- accord
- acquiesce
- adapt
- adjust
- admit defeat
- adopt
- agree
- agree to
- allow
- approve
- assent
- avoid
- avow
- award
- back
- back away
- back pedal
- backslide
- bag
- bail out
- bash
- be beaten
- be defeated
- be game for
- be merciful
- be precipitated
- beat
- beat it
- beat-down
- become limp
- beg off
- belly up
- bend
- blight
- blue
- bore
- bow
- bow out
- bow to
- break
- break down
- bring down
- brownnose
- buckle
- buckle under
- bulge
- buried
- bury the hatchet
- buy
- call it quits
- cancel
- capitulate
- capsize
- cascade
- cast down
- cataract
- cave
- cave in
- caved-in
- cease
- cede
- change one's mind
- chicken out
- coast
- collapse
- come across
- come around
- come to terms
- come-apart
- commit
- comply
- concave
- concede
- concur
- confess
- conform
- conform to
- conk out
- consent
- consent to
- consign
- cool it
- cooperate
- cop out
- couch
- court
- cower
- crack up
- crash
- crease
- crestfallen
- crimp
- crimple
- cringe
- crinkle
- croak
- crouch
- crumple
- crush
- cry uncle
- curve
- cut
- cut a deal
- cut out
- dangle
- dashed
- daunted
- de-escalate
- decamp
- decay
- decease
- decline
- decrease
- defer
- deflate
- deliver up
- demise
- demit
- demur
- dent
- depart
- deplane
- depreciate
- depress
- depressed
- descend
- desist
- despair
- deteriorate
- deterred
- detrain
- die away
- dig
- diminish
- dint
- dip
- disappear
- discharge
- disembark
- disengage
- disintegrate
- dismayed
- dismount
- dispirited
- distort
- ditto
- dive
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- down
- down-in-mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- drag
- draw back
- dribble
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- drop like a hot potato
- drop off
- drown
- dry up
- duck
- dump
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up on
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- ebb
- elude
- embrace
- endorse
- engulf
- enter into
- entrust
- escape
- espouse
- evacuate
- evade
- excavate
- exhaust
- expire
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall down
- fall in
- fall off
- fall prostrate
- fall victim to
- fallen-in
- fawn
- fell
- fess up
- fit in
- flag
- flake out
- flap
- flatter
- floor
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- fold up
- forbear
- force down
- forego
- forswear
- founder
- fulfill
- genuflect
- get down
- get off
- give
- give away the store
- give five
- give ground
- give in
- give in to
- give oneself over
- give out
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- give up
- give up the ghost
- give way
- glum
- go
- go along
- go along with
- go back
- go back on
- go down
- go downhill
- go easy on
- go to pieces
- go to ruin
- go to the bottom
- go under
- go with the flow
- gone to pieces
- grant
- gravitate
- ground
- hand over
- hang
- hang down
- have mercy
- have no fight left
- have pity
- hide
- hit the dirt
- hold back
- hollow
- hunch
- immerse
- immersed
- in a funk
- in blue funk
- in the dumps
- incline
- indented
- jag
- jibe
- keel
- keel over
- keep
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- kneel
- knock
- knuckle
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lay
- lay back
- lay down
- lay down arms
- lean
- leave
- leave off
- lessen
- let
- let down
- let go
- let it happen
- let on
- let up
- level off
- lie down and roll over
- light
- lighten up
- loll
- loosen
- lose balance
- lost momentum
- lower
- lull
- make less
- mark
- meet waterloo
- mellow out
- melt
- mind
- moderate
- move back
- mummify
- nick
- nose-dive
- notch
- obey
- observe
- okay
- opt out
- overturn
- overwhelm
- own
- own up
- pack it in
- pander
- part with
- pass
- pass away
- pass on
- penetrate
- perform
- perish
- permit
- pessimistic
- peter out
- pink
- pit
- pitch
- play ball
- play ball with
- play dead
- play the game
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- prolapse
- prostrate
- pucker
- pull back
- pull out
- put down
- put one's tail between one's legs
- put out
- put up white flag
- quail
- quieten
- quit
- rabbet
- ram
- reach new low
- recant
- recede
- recessed
- recognize
- recoil
- reconcile
- reduce
- reel
- regress
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relent
- relinquish
- renege
- renounce
- resign
- respect
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- rimple
- roll over
- roll over and play dead
- ruck
- rumple
- run
- rut
- sad
- sag
- sanction
- satisfy
- say uncle
- scallop
- score
- screw
- scrunch
- scuttle
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- serrate
- set
- settle
- shake on
- shape up
- shatter
- shed
- shipwreck
- shoot
- show mercy
- show white flag
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- slacken
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slouch
- slough off
- slow
- slump
- soften
- spin
- stab
- start back
- stay in line
- stick
- stoop
- stop
- straighten up
- stumble
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- subscribe
- subside
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- surrender
- swag
- swamp
- swoop
- take a header
- take back
- take the count
- take the oath
- taper
- throw in the towel
- throw in towel
- thrust
- tip over
- tire
- toboggan
- toe the mark
- topple
- toss it in
- totter
- touch bottom
- trail
- trickle
- trip
- tumble
- turn tail
- twist
- unload
- vacate
- wad
- waive
- walk out on
- wane
- wash one's hands of
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- weary
- weep
- wilt
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- wither
- wizen
- wreck
- wrinkle
- yes
- yes one
- yield
Définition of caved in
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French cave "a cave, vault, cellar" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow" (place), noun use of neuter plural of adjective cavus "hollow," from PIE root *keue- "a swelling, arch, cavity" (see cumulus). Replaced Old English eorðscrafu. First record of cave man is 1865.
- As in sunken : adj depressed, hollowed; submerged
- As in discouraged : adj disheartened
- As in indent : verb make a space; push in slightly
- As in kowtow : verb grovel
- As in assent : verb agree
- As in back down : verb back off
- As in relent : verb die down; let up
- As in retreat : verb pull back, go away
- As in sag : verb droop
- As in accede : verb agree or consent
- As in sink : verb fall in, go under
- As in slump : verb decline, sink
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in succumb : verb die or surrender
- As in surrender : verb give up; resign
- As in wilt : verb sag, fail
- As in yield : verb give in, surrender
- As in knuckle under : verb give in
- As in cry uncle : verb to surrender
- As in give in : verb admit defeat
- As in buckle : verb contort, warp
- As in acquiesce : verb agree with some reluctance
- As in capitulate : verb give in
- As in submerse : verb sink
- As in collapse : verb fall apart, break down
- As in comply : verb abide by, follow agreement or instructions
- As in concede : verb acknowledge, give in
- As in crumple : verb make or become wrinkled
- As in descend : verb move down, lower a
- As in drop : verb let go of; fall
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
- As in give in/give up : verb admit defeat
- As in go down : verb lose, fall
- As in implode : verb collapse inward
Antonyms for caved in
- accomplish
- achieve
- activate
- advance
- agree
- allow
- argue
- ascend
- assert
- attain
- be born
- bear
- bloom
- brave
- build
- climb
- come
- compliment
- condemn
- conquer
- continue
- contradict
- counter
- create
- decline
- defend
- demur
- denounce
- deny
- develop
- differ
- disacknowledge
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- discourage
- disobey
- disorder
- displace
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- do
- downpour
- draw up
- dry
- encouraged
- energize
- enlarge
- enter
- even
- excite
- expand
- extend
- face
- fail
- fight
- fill
- fix
- flatten
- float
- flush
- forbid
- forge
- forward
- free
- gain
- go forward
- go up
- grow
- halt
- happy
- heartened
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- hold out
- ignore
- impede
- increase
- inflate
- inspired
- invigorate
- keep
- leave
- level
- lift
- lose
- maintain
- meet
- mend
- mount
- neglect
- object
- obstruct
- oppose
- overcome
- overthrow
- permit
- persevere
- pour
- praise
- prevent
- progress
- prolong
- protest
- pursue
- raise
- reach
- rebuff
- refresh
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- remove
- repel
- repudiate
- resist
- retain
- rise
- scale
- smooth
- stand up to
- start
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- succeed
- surpass
- take on
- take up
- tighten
- underwhelm
- unfit
- unsuit
- uphold
- veto
- win
- withhold
- withstand
- worry
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