accede

The word “accede” has 2 syllables: ac-cede

It's pronounced as /əkˈsiːd/


What is synonym and antonym for accede?

In the thesaurus, “accede” has 46 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accede along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for accede

  • abide
  • accept
  • acquiesce
  • admit
  • adopt
  • agree
  • allow
  • assent
  • be game for
  • bow
  • cave in
  • come round
  • comply
  • concede
  • concur
  • consent
  • cooperate
  • cry uncle
  • embrace
  • endorse
  • endure
  • enter into
  • espouse
  • fold
  • give the go-ahead
  • give the green light
  • go along with
  • grant
  • knuckle under
  • let
  • okay
  • permit
  • play ball
  • relent
  • roll over and play dead
  • stand
  • stomach
  • submit
  • subscribe
  • succumb
  • suffer
  • swallow
  • take
  • throw in the towel
  • tolerate
  • yield

Antonyms for accede

  • condemn
  • decline
  • demur
  • denounce
  • deny
  • disagree
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • dispute
  • dissent
  • forbid
  • gainsay
  • hinder
  • hold
  • impede
  • keep
  • obstruct
  • oppose
  • prevent
  • protest
  • rebuff
  • refuse
  • reject
  • repel
  • repudiate
  • resist
  • scorn
  • spurn
  • veto

Meanings of accede

  • verb
    1. To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
    2. To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
    3. To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
    4. To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
    5. To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Example Sentences

  • After much negotiation, the board finally decided to accede to the demands of the workers.
  • The government was forced to accede to international pressure and sign the treaty.
  • Despite initial objections, he eventually agreed to accede to the proposal.
  • The president cannot accede to the new law without the approval of parliament.
  • They urged the company to accede to the union's request for better working conditions.

On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accede, such as: abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, allow.

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Related Words

yielded

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obey

  • abide by
  • accede
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  • assent
  • attend
  • be loyal to
  • be ruled by
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  • hear
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  • mark
  • mind
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  • perform
  • play second fiddle
  • regard
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  • serve
  • submit
  • surrender
  • take
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  • toe the line
  • watch

yield

  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • abnegate
  • accede
  • accept
  • accrue
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • admit
  • admit defeat
  • advance
  • affair
  • afford
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  • aftermath
  • agree
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  • back down
  • bag
  • bankroll
  • bask
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  • blink
  • blossom
  • booty
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  • bow
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  • break down
  • breed
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  • bring in
  • bring on
  • buckle
  • budge
  • burst
  • buy
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  • call it quits
  • capital
  • capitulate
  • catalyze
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  • cause
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  • collection
  • come to terms
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  • create
  • crop
  • crumble
  • crumple
  • cultivate
  • decide
  • defer
  • deflate
  • deliver
  • derivative
  • desert
  • determine
  • develop
  • development
  • die
  • discard
  • discharge
  • do
  • draw on
  • earn
  • earnings
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • enact
  • encourage
  • engender
  • entrust
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  • establish
  • exchequer
  • fail
  • father
  • finances
  • fit in
  • flatten
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  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • forsake
  • forward
  • foster
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  • fruit
  • funds
  • furnish
  • further
  • gain
  • generate
  • give
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  • give off
  • give oneself over
  • give out
  • give rise to
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
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  • go with the flow
  • goods
  • gratify
  • gross
  • hand over
  • handcraft
  • handicraft
  • handiwork
  • harvest
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  • hold out
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  • income
  • induce
  • indulge
  • initiate
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  • issue
  • killing
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  • make
  • melt
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  • merchandise
  • money
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  • object
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  • offer
  • offshoot
  • offspring
  • outcome
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  • output
  • outturn
  • overdo
  • overindulge
  • part with
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  • permit
  • pioneer
  • play the game
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  • pop
  • proceeds
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  • product
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  • quit
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  • relax
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  • renounce
  • residual
  • resign
  • resources
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  • revenue
  • roll
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  • salary
  • say uncle
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  • shatter
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  • snap
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  • start
  • submit
  • succumb
  • suffer defeat
  • supply
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  • take
  • take-home pay
  • takings
  • tender
  • thing
  • throw in the sponge
  • throw in the towel
  • tips
  • toe the line
  • toe the mark
  • transfer
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  • turn in
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  • turn over
  • turnout
  • upshot
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  • wallow
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  • wherewithal
  • windfall
  • winnings
  • work

takes over

  • accedes
  • accepts
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  • adopts
  • advocates
  • agrees
  • annexes
  • appropriates
  • arrogates
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  • assumes
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  • fills in
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  • impounds
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  • misapplies
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  • misuses
  • occupies
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  • preempts
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  • presses
  • reaccepts
  • reassumes
  • relieves
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  • shoulders
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  • spells
  • stands by
  • stands in
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  • takes up
  • trespasses
  • understudies
  • undertakes
  • upholds
  • usurps
  • wrenches
  • wrests

acceptance

  • OK
  • accedence
  • accepting
  • accession
  • accord
  • accreditation
  • acknowledgment
  • acquiescence
  • acquiring
  • admission
  • adoption
  • affability
  • affirmation
  • agreement
  • allowance
  • amenability
  • amiability
  • amicability
  • appeasement
  • approbation
  • approval
  • assent
  • authorization
  • biddability
  • capitulating
  • capitulation
  • capture
  • certification
  • cession
  • clearance
  • complaisance
  • compliance
  • compliancy
  • compromise
  • concession
  • conciliation
  • concurrence
  • confirmation
  • conformity
  • congeniality
  • consent
  • cooperation
  • cooperativeness
  • cordiality
  • deference
  • docility
  • fall
  • favor
  • friendliness
  • gaining
  • geniality
  • getting
  • go ahead
  • good-naturedness
  • grant
  • granting
  • green light
  • handover
  • humoring
  • imprimatur
  • indulgence
  • leave
  • liberty
  • licence
  • license
  • nod
  • obedience
  • obsequiousness
  • obtaining
  • okay
  • pass
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  • ratification
  • receipt
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  • recognition
  • reconcilement
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  • relinquishment
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  • sanction
  • seal
  • seal of approval
  • securing
  • servility
  • signature
  • slavishness
  • sociability
  • stamp
  • submission
  • submissiveness
  • submitting
  • subservience
  • subserviency
  • sufferance
  • surrender
  • taking on
  • tolerance
  • toleration
  • undertaking
  • warrant
  • yes

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