Synonyms for succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb

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1. succumb

   Synonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, surrender, yield

   Antonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

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1. succumb

   Synonyms:
   surrender, comply, submit, acquiesce, yield, sink, resign

   Antonyms:
   resist, rise, contend, battle, fight, surmount

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1. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb

   consent reluctantly

   Synonyms:
   defer, render, ease up, grant, give way, pay, accede, relent, give, afford, knuckle under, give in, cede, concede, soften, move over, generate, return, buckle under, bow, yield, bear, submit

   Antonyms:
   come through, pull round, survive, make it, pull through

2. succumb, yieldverb

   be fatally overwhelmed

   Synonyms:
   ease up, grant, give way, pay, bear, relent, give, buckle under, afford, knuckle under, give in, concede, soften, move over, generate, cede, return, yield, render

   Antonyms:
   survive, come through, pull through, pull round, make it

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1. • Consent

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1. succumbverb

   Synonyms:
   yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way

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1. List of paraphrases for "succumb":

   succumbed

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1. Ben Carson:

   If we are to defeat our Democratic opponent in the general election this November, we must reach an agreement together with each other that we will not succumb to the media's desire for a fight on the stage in Detroit.

2. Herbert Fenstermeim:

   The question is not whether you're frightened or not, but whether you or the fear is in control. If you say, 'I won't be frightened,' and then you experience fear, most likely you'll succumb to it, because you're paying attention to it. The correct thing to tell yourself is, 'If I do get frightened, I will stay in command.'

3. President Barack Obama:

   Fear can lead us to lash out against those who are different or lead us to try to get some sinister 'other' under control, alternatively, fear can lead us to succumb to despair or paralysis or cynicism.

4. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras:

   We are not pointing the finger to any other peoples or countries of Europe. We are against those who succumb to xenophobia and racism, we will continue to save lives ... and defend the human face of Europe.

5. James Anthony Kenny:

   Depression: Is it a human condition one can live with or a condition on should succumb to?