Synonyms of relented

relented

verb

past tense of relent

1

as in succumbed

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbed
• submitted
• conceded
• surrendered
• bowed
• capitulated
• quitted
• blinked
• budged
• yielded
• acquiesced
• gave in
• quit
• threw in the sponge
• said uncle
• knuckled under
• threw in the towel
• deferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisted
• contended
• fought
• opposed
• objected
• confronted
• met
• countered
• faced
• defied
• repelled
• battled
• thwarted
• held off
• withstood
• combated
• combatted
• breasted

2

as in subsided

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

the fury of the storm relented, and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsided
• decreased
• diminished
• fell
• eased
• declined
• vanished
• shrank
• shrunk
• ebbed
• waned
• dwindled
• receded
• lowered
• lessened
• died (away or down or out)
• palled
• moderated
• dropped (off)
• abated
• tapered
• weakened
• fell away
• drained (away)
• remitted
• evaporated
• tapered off
• de-escalated
• let up
• phased down
• racheted (down)
• ratcheted (down)
• contracted
• compressed
• alleviated
• slackened
• faded (away)
• condensed
• constricted
• melted (away)
• relaxed
• collapsed
• slowed (down)
• petered (out)
• tailed (off)
• frittered (away)
• gave out
• flagged
• sank
• sunk
• deflated
• caved (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• built
• intensified
• grew
• expanded
• escalated
• mounted
• rose
• swelled
• enlarged
• soared
• accumulated
• emerged
• appeared
• mushroomed
• waxed
• ballooned
• picked up
• snowballed
• burgeoned
• showed up
• lengthened
• bourgeoned
• distended
• elongated
• blew up