- as incollapse
- as indamage
- as indescent
- as inindent
- as inkowtow
- as inassent
- as inback down
- as inrelent
- as inretreat
- as insag
- as inaccede
- as insink
- as inslump
- as insubside
- as insuccumb
- as insurrender
- as inwilt
- as inyield
- as inknuckle under
- as incry uncle
- as ingive in
- as inbuckle
- as inacquiesce
- as incapitulate
- as insubmerse
- as incollapse
- as incomply
- as inconcede
- as incrumple
- as indescend
- as indrop
- as infall
- as ingive in/give up
- as ingo down
- as inimplode
Synonyms for cave in
- bankruptcy
- catastrophe
- crash
- debacle
- destruction
- disintegration
- disruption
- failure
- cataclysm
- disorganization
- exhaustion
- faint
- flop
- prostration
- ruination
- ruining
- smash
- subsidence
- undoing
- wreck
- basket case
- cave-in
- conk out
- crackup
- smashup
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Antonyms for cave in
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WORD ORIGIN
early 13c., from Old French cave "a cave, vault, cellar" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow" (place), noun use of neuter plural of adjective cavus "hollow," from PIE root *keue- "a swelling, arch, cavity" (see cumulus). Replaced Old English eorðscrafu. First record of cave man is 1865.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CAVE IN
accede
verbagree or consentacquiesce
verbagree with some reluctanceacquiescing
verbagree with some reluctanceassent
verbagreeback down
verbback off- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
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