give up - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

Synonyms

• abandon
• give up

More specific

• sell out

Related

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• ease up
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way
• move over
• yield

Verb

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

Synonyms

• chuck up the sponge
• drop by the wayside
• drop out
• fall by the wayside
• give up
• quit
• throw in
• throw in the towel

Verb

give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

Synonyms

• give up
• surrender

More generic

• yield

More specific

• abnegate
• capitulate
• concede

Verb

stop consuming

Synonyms

• give up
• kick

More generic

• dispense with
• forego
• foreswear
• forgo
• relinquish
• waive

Verb

give up with the intent of never claiming again

Synonyms

• abandon
• give up

More specific

• foreswear
• quit
• relinquish
• renounce

Verb

relinquish possession or control over

Synonyms

• cede
• deliver
• give up
• surrender

More generic

• gift
• give
• present

More specific

• sell
• sign away
• sign over
• yield up

Verb

lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Synonyms

• forego
• forfeit
• forgo
• give up
• throw overboard
• waive

More generic

• abandon

More specific

• lapse

Verb

part with a possession or right

Synonyms

• free
• give up
• release
• relinquish
• resign

More generic

• give
• hand
• pass
• pass on
• reach
• turn over

More specific

• derequisition
• give
• sacrifice

Verb

give up what is not strictly needed

Synonyms

• dispense with
• give up
• part with
• spare

More generic

• give

Verb

leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

Synonyms

• give up
• renounce
• resign
• vacate

More generic

• leave office
• quit
• resign
• step down

More specific

• abdicate
• renounce

Verb

allow the other (baseball) team to score

Synonyms

• allow
• give up

Verb

put an end to a state or an activity

Synonyms

• cease
• discontinue
• give up
• lay off
• quit
• stop

More specific

• break
• call it a day
• call it quits
• cheese
• close off
• drop
• knock off
• leave off
• pull the plug
• retire
• shut off
• sign off
• withdraw

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