SUBMITS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

submits

verb

present tense third-person singular of submit

as in succumbs

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine

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as in surrenders

to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit) refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night

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as in capitulates

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way

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Recent Examples of submits Once law enforcement submits the application, the potential approval comes back quickly. — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Thankfully, there’s still time to overhaul the CTP before the Moore administration submits its final plan to the General Assembly in January. — Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026 The controversial budget maneuver occurs when a president submits a request to Congress to block funding so close to the end of the fiscal year that the funds can expire before Congress receives the full 45-day consideration period under the law. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 Another will bar cities and counties from approving a new or expanded data center unless the developer submits a water assessment and a water scarcity plan, and will require developers to cover the cost of any water system upgrade that is necessary. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The remainder could go to anyone who submits a $5 application. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 These reports are intended to address important technical and regulatory questions before Terrestrial Energy submits a future plant license application. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 When a student submits a paper written by a chatbot instead of their own work, should this be considered plagiarism? — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Firewise is a national program where each community of eight to 200 homes works together to create defensible space and clear brush, agrees to continue the work annually and submits an application to Firewise USA. — Chuck Page, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

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Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, The Radiance, sometimes succumbs to this temptation.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Wolf succumbs to Shura, a demonic force in the game’s mythology that possesses those who give in to bloodlust.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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After five books that try to interpret Elizabeth Taylor, Waters simply surrenders to the vision.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the Harford County Humane Society tells CBS News Baltimore there have been 140 owner surrenders through the county's animal control this summer, which is double last summer's total.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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But copying human anatomy makes the hands heavier, and LinkerBot concedes that fingertip force is modest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

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