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CONTENDS Antonyms

There are 7 antonyms of the word contends. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For CONTENDS

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
acquiesces

verb

v

verb

• to agree or express agreement

admits

verb

v

verb

• declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

• allow to enter; grant entry to

• allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

• admit into a group or community

• afford possibility

• give access or entrance to

• have room for; hold without crowding

• serve as a means of entrance

concedes

verb

v

verb

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• be willing to concede

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• acknowledge defeat

relinquishes

verb

v

verb

• part with a possession or right

• do without or cease to hold or adhere to

• turn away from; give up

• release, as from one's grip

submits

verb

v

verb

• refer for judgment or consideration

• put before

• yield to the control of another

• hand over formally

• refer to another person for decision or judgment

• yield to another's wish or opinion

• accept or undergo, often unwillingly

• make an application as for a job or funding

• make over as a return

• accept as inevitable

surrenders

verb

v

noun

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

verb

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

• relinquish possession or control over

yields

verb

v

noun

• production of a certain amount

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• an amount of a product

• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

verb

• be the cause or source of

• end resistance, as under pressure or force

• give or supply

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• give in, as to influence or pressure

• move in order to make room for someone for something

• cause to happen or be responsible for

• be willing to concede

• be fatally overwhelmed

• bring in

• be flexible under stress of physical force

• cease opposition; stop fighting

• consent reluctantly

Alternatives for ACQUIESCES

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Alternatives for ADMITS

Words (11)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for CONCEDES

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Phrases (4)

Alternatives for RELINQUISHES

Words (9)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for SUBMITS

Words (11)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for SURRENDERS

Words (7)
Phrases (3)

Alternatives for YIELDS

Words (31)
Phrases (7)