succumb to

VERB

catch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get take

STRONG

develop incur receive sicken

WEAK

become infected with break out with come down with fall ill with fall victim to suffer from

Antonyms

WEAK

be immune

VERB

contract

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acquire decline develop incur obtain weaken

STRONG

afflict cause derange disorder fall get indispose induce sicken sink take upset

WEAK

be afflicted with be ill with become infected with bring on come down with fall victim to go down with take one's death

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forfeit lose

STRONG

calm comfort discourage fail help hold misunderstand order overthrow please rise

WEAK

amplify break off dilate disagree enlarge expand extend give increase lengthen spread stretch

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We can all live and work together—or we can succumb to fatalism and a false sense of inevitability.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

They can buy the beaten-down software industry or succumb to the fact that chips just won’t stop surging.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

China may allow its currency to succumb to upward pressure as part of its trade negotiations with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The sentiments were more hopeful than one might expect, given how it’s so easy to succumb to despair right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Did the last Greenland Norse starve to death, attempt to sail off, intermarry with Eskimos, or succumb to disease or Eskimo arrows?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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