Synonyms for Giving way:

• n.

  •surrender (noun)
  • Succumbing,
  • delivery,
  • Relenting,
  • abandonment,
  • white flag,
  • submission,
  • renunciation,
  • capitulation,
  • abdication,
  • cessation,
  • relinquishment,
  • acquiescence,
  • appeasement.

• v.

  •budge (verb)
  • inch,
  • give way,
  • stir,
  • yield,
  • move,
  • change position,
  • slide,
  • propel,
  • roll,
  • influence,
  • persuade,
  • locomote,
  • remove,
  • push,
  • change,
  • shift,
  • bend,
  • sway,
  • convince.
  •chicken out (verb)
  • withdraw,
  • shy from,
  • avoid,
  • throw in the towel,
  • make concessions,
  • beg off,
  • back down,
  • chicken out,
  • wiggle out,
  • recant,
  • resign,
  • cancel,
  • turn yellow,
  • give up,
  • renege,
  • worm out,
  • go back on,
  • get cold feet,
  • bow out,
  • funk out,
  • scratch,
  • weasel out,
  • back pedal,
  • back out,
  • cop out,
  • welsh,
  • blow it off,
  • pull out,
  • wimp out,
  • have no stomach for.
  •crack (verb)
  • bug out,
  • flip,
  • collapse,
  • become deranged,
  • lose it,
  • go crazy,
  • blow one's mind,
  • break down,
  • blow up,
  • become insane,
  • go bonkers.
  •crumple (verb)
  • shrivel,
  • Crimple,
  • wrinkle,
  • fall,
  • scrunch,
  • buckle,
  • Rimple,
  • screw,
  • pucker,
  • crinkle,
  • crush,
  • ruck,
  • rumple,
  • wad,
  • crimp,
  • crease.
  •cry uncle (verb)
  • put one's tail between one's legs.
  •fall (verb)
  • lie down,
  • defer to,
  • pass into enemy hands,
  • die,
  • be lost,
  • go down,
  • be destroyed,
  • capitulate,
  • go under,
  • be casualty,
  • be taken,
  • obey,
  • be killed,
  • perish,
  • eat dirt,
  • fall to pieces,
  • submit,
  • slump.
  •relent (verb)
  • go along with,
  • have pity,
  • come around,
  • wane,
  • say uncle,
  • ease,
  • cool it,
  • forbear,
  • lay back,
  • moderate,
  • slow,
  • ebb,
  • cry uncle,
  • lighten up,
  • quit,
  • be merciful,
  • mellow out,
  • have mercy,
  • ease off,
  • let it happen,
  • soften,
  • give some slack,
  • change one's mind,
  • die away,
  • let go,
  • show mercy,
  • go easy on,
  • melt,
  • give quarter,
  • ease up on.
  •retire (verb)
  • go to bed,
  • rusticate,
  • go away,
  • leave service,
  • exit,
  • depart,
  • get off,
  • decamp,
  • get away,
  • run along,
  • go to one's room,
  • separate,
  • give up work,
  • turn in,
  • make vacant,
  • absent oneself,
  • give ground,
  • part,
  • sever connections,
  • stop working,
  • seclude oneself,
  • fall back,
  • pull back,
  • go to sleep,
  • revoke,
  • repeal,
  • secede,
  • take off,
  • hit the sack,
  • regress,
  • rescind,
  • draw back,
  • deny oneself.
  •snap (verb)
  • come apart,
  • click,
  • fracture,
  • pop,
  • crack,
  • crackle.
  •split (verb)
  • rip,
  • dichotomize,
  • cleave,
  • splinter,
  • rend,
  • put asunder,
  • fork,
  • snap,
  • bifurcate,
  • come undone,
  • rive,
  • isolate,
  • gape,
  • divide,
  • tear,
  • disunite,
  • sunder,
  • dissever,
  • divorce,
  • slit,
  • burst,
  • hack,
  • whack,
  • slash,
  • part company,
  • sever,
  • branch,
  • disband,
  • go separate ways,
  • diverge,
  • disjoin.
  •succumb (verb)
  • demise,
  • decease,
  • fall victim to,
  • expire,
  • pass away,
  • show white flag,
  • pack it in,
  • give up the ghost,
  • take the count,
  • cease,
  • give in to,
  • croak,
  • meet waterloo,
  • pass.
  •superannuate (verb)
  • pension,
  • put out to pasture.
  •weaken (verb)
  • dilute,
  • mitigate,
  • adulterate,
  • ease up,
  • cripple,
  • fade,
  • break up,
  • impoverish,
  • undermine,
  • minimize,
  • thin out,
  • impair,
  • cut,
  • lower,
  • relapse,
  • abate,
  • sap,
  • diminish,
  • totter,
  • decrease,
  • slow down,
  • thin,
  • debase,
  • devitalize,
  • enervate,
  • temper,
  • lessen,
  • limp,
  • dwindle,
  • debilitate,
  • lose,
  • vitiate,
  • tremble,
  • invalidate,
  • water down,
  • depress,
  • lose spirit,
  • halt,
  • reduce.
  •yield (verb)
  • give oneself over,
  • admit defeat,
  • buy,
  • come to terms,
  • abdicate,
  • call it quits,
  • part with,
  • suffer defeat.

• Other synonyms:

  •give
  • crumble,
  • sag,
  • bow to,
  • hand over,
  • recede,
  • retire,
  • grant,
  • shrink,
  • cave,
  • sink,
  • concede,
  • relax,
  • cede,
  • devote,
  • relent,
  • flex,
  • slacken,
  • open,
  • allow,
  • fold up,
  • lend,
  • contract,
  • retreat.
  •Other relevant words:
  • arrangement,
  • composition,
  • bargain,
  • understanding,
  • concession,
  • deal,
  • yielding,
  • adjustment,
  • accommodation,
  • settlement,
  • give and take.

Antonyms for Giving way:

• n.

  • surrender
    win, victory, fighting, fight.

• v.

  • budge
    hinder, fix, repress, hold, leave alone, suppress, remain, steady, prevent, discourage, stay, dissuade, stop, keep.
  • collapse
    create, increase, energize, accomplish, succeed, inflate, invigorate, strengthen, rise, activate, straighten, withhold, refresh, build, mend, achieve, grow.
  • crack
    compose, misunderstand, be calm.
  • crash
    ascend.
  • crumple
    flatten, smooth.
  • despair
    expect, anticipate, pursue, wish for, have faith, hope.
  • fall
    go up, reach, overcome, scale, overthrow, advance, climb, disobey, attain.
  • give
    expand, enlarge, stretch, tighten, finish, withstand, refuse, hold up, put together, extend, forge, face, meet, join, deny, refrain, conceal, take, disagree.
  • obey
    disapprove, overlook, reject, forget, miss, object, fail, protest, ask, question, differ, mutiny, decline, dispute, neglect, disregard, rebel, leave, argue, dissent, ignore, disallow, oppose.
  • relent
    continue, free, worry.
  • retire
    arrive, come in, begin, enter, approve.
  • sag
    bulge, draw up.
  • snap
    combine, liberate, loose.
  • split
    unite, sew, attach, pull together, agree, hide, close, wait.
  • submit
    veto, resist, defend, contradict.
  • succumb
    be born, bear, conquer.
  • weaken
    assist, animate, praise, purify, compliment, raise, incite, encourage, help, build up, develop, clean, excite, enhance, agitate, improve, aggravate, prolong, aid.
  • withdraw
    come, permit, engage, persevere, allow.
  • yield
    assert, counter, retain.