gave up

The phrase “gave up” has 2 syllables: gave up

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪv ʌp/

What is synonym and antonym for gave up?

In the thesaurus, “gave up” has 106 synonyms and 50 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for gave up

abandon
abandoned
abnegated
back down
bail out
basked
bow out
bowed
broke off
broke up
buckle under
buckled
capitulate
capitulated
cave in
cease
ceased
cede
ceded
chicken out
closed
collapse
collapsed
committed
comply
concede
conceded
concluded
consigned
coughed up
cry uncle
cut out
delivered
deserted
desist
despair
discarded
discontinued
drop
drop like a hot potato
dropped
ended
entrusted
expired
failed
fell
finished
fold
folded
forfeited
forsook
forswear
halted
hand over
handed over
hung it up
indulged
intrusted
knocked off
knuckled under
laid down
leave off
left off
lost
luxuriated
overdid
overindulged
paused
pull out
quit
quitted
released
relinquish
relinquished
rendered
renounced
resign
resigned
reveled
revelled
rolled
shed
shut off
stop
submit
submitted
succumbed
surrender
surrendered
take the oath
tapered off
terminated
threw up
throw in the towel
transferred
turned in
turned over
waive
waived
walk out on
wallowed
winded up
wound up
wrapped up
yield
yielded

Antonyms for gave up

beat
began
bucked
carried on
checked
commenced
conquered
continued
defied
denied
endured
eschewed
fight
forbore
forewent
forwent
fought
held on
hold out
hung in
hung on
inhibited
kept
kept up
maintained
opposed
overcame
persevered
persisted
preserved
prevailed
ran on
renewed
reopened
repelled
resisted
restarted
restrained
resumed
retained
stand up to
started
stayed
stood
triumphed
went
withheld
withstand
withstood
won

Example Sentences

She gave up trying to fix the broken phone and decided to buy a new one.
He gave up his seat on the bus to an elderly woman.
After hours of studying, they finally gave up and decided to take a break.
She gave up her dream of becoming a doctor after realizing it wasn't her true passion.
They gave up on the project due to lack of funding and support.

On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gave up, such as: abandon, abandoned, abnegated, back down, bail out, basked, beat.

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