Synonyms for Throw in the towel:

• n.

  •chuck up the sponge (noun)
  • chuck up the sponge.
  •drop out (noun)
  • drop out.
  •give up (noun)
  • give.
  •throw-in (noun)
  • throw-in.

• v.

  •accede (verb)
  • admit,
  • acquiesce,
  • let,
  • comply,
  • play ball,
  • enter into,
  • okay,
  • allow,
  • fold,
  • concur,
  • grant,
  • cooperate,
  • endorse,
  • accept,
  • cry uncle,
  • assent.
  •back out (verb)
  • blow it off,
  • recant,
  • back down,
  • go back on,
  • cop out,
  • beg off,
  • wiggle out,
  • weasel out,
  • get cold feet,
  • welsh,
  • scratch,
  • worm out,
  • shy from,
  • cancel,
  • avoid,
  • renege,
  • back pedal.
  •cede (verb)
  • transfer,
  • convey,
  • accord,
  • communicate,
  • capitulate,
  • alien,
  • Abalienate,
  • renounce,
  • vouchsafe,
  • give in,
  • drop,
  • leave,
  • waive,
  • alienate,
  • abdicate,
  • deed,
  • relinquish.
  •chicken out (verb)
  • pull out,
  • give way,
  • turn yellow,
  • withdraw,
  • bow out,
  • wimp out,
  • have no stomach for,
  • back out,
  • funk out,
  • make concessions.
  •concede (verb)
  • ditto,
  • confess,
  • bury the hatchet,
  • knuckle under,
  • award,
  • own,
  • let on,
  • avow,
  • quit,
  • fess up.
  •consent (verb)
  • roll over,
  • bless,
  • make a deal,
  • give the nod,
  • yes,
  • approve,
  • say yes,
  • sign off on,
  • sanction.
  •give in/give up (verb)
  • cease,
  • bail out,
  • walk out on,
  • cut out,
  • despair,
  • abandon,
  • stop,
  • leave off,
  • collapse.
  •resign (verb)
  • terminate,
  • forgo,
  • retire,
  • hand in resignation,
  • sign off,
  • hang it up,
  • forsake,
  • give notice,
  • cease work,
  • step down,
  • stand aside,
  • stand down,
  • divorce oneself from,
  • Demit,
  • turn over,
  • walk out,
  • give up the ship,
  • end service,
  • wash hands of,
  • vacate,
  • separate oneself from,
  • secede.
  •submit (verb)
  • abide,
  • eat crow,
  • humor,
  • tolerate,
  • kowtow,
  • withstand,
  • give away,
  • buckle,
  • toe the line,
  • bend,
  • relent,
  • stoop,
  • truckle,
  • indulge,
  • acknowledge,
  • defer,
  • agree,
  • bow,
  • cave,
  • obey,
  • appease.
  •succumb (verb)
  • depart,
  • demise,
  • croak,
  • decease,
  • go under,
  • pass away,
  • perish,
  • wilt,
  • go,
  • expire,
  • pass,
  • go down,
  • fall.
  •surrender (verb)
  • entrust,
  • consign,
  • forego,
  • let go.
  •yield (verb)
  • break,
  • relax,
  • buy,
  • sag,
  • crumple.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • desist.
  •agree
  • consent.
  •back down
  • chicken out.
  •back out
  • blow off.
  •chicken out
  • turning yellow,
  • giving way,
  • gave way.
  •consent
  • give nod,
  • yeses,
  • signed on,
  • signing on.
  •kill oneself
  • commit.
  •resign
  • separate from,
  • hang up,
  • walking out,
  • divorce from,
  • stood down,
  • separated from.
  •throw-in
  • throw in.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lay off,
  • remit,
  • acknowledge defeat,
  • swear off,
  • fall by the wayside,
  • drop by the wayside,
  • discontinue,
  • break off.

Antonyms for Throw in the towel:

• v.

  • accede
    disapprove, hold, forbid, protest, impede, demur, resist, dispute, disagree, dissent, condemn, oppose, prevent, repudiate, decline, denounce, disallow, obstruct, reject, deny, repel, refuse, hinder, veto, keep.
  • cede
    fight, take over, defend, gain, challenge, withhold, win, retain, guard, continue, maintain.
  • concede
    contradict, Disacknowledge.
  • consent
    differ, object.
  • give in/give up
    stand up to, hold out, withstand.
  • resign
    claim, begin, DO, come, assert, pursue, join, agree, remain, take on.
  • submit
    dissuade, flatten, straighten, hide, leave, stop, disobey, conceal.
  • succumb
    bear, conquer, stay, create, overcome, rise, be born, ascend.
  • surrender
    surpass.
  • yield
    increase, build, counter.
  • Other antonyms:
    enter, participate.