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- pronunciation:
- k
pI
ch
leIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
capitulates, capitulating, capitulated |
| definition: |
to surrender or acquiesce.
The vanquished nation was forced to capitulate to the terms of the victors.When his lawyer reminded him of the terms of the legal agreement, he capitulated.The police informed the rioting prisoners that they would not capitulate to their demands.- synonyms:
- acquiesce, assent, bow, buckle, cave in, comply, concede, knuckle under, say uncle, surrender, yield
- antonyms:
- hold out, resist
- similar words:
- accede, agree, bend, call it quits, concur, consent, give, submit, succumb
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| related words: |
bow, buckle, fall |
adverb + (v.)capitulate
eventually, finally, quickly, simply, totally
(v.)capitulate
+ adverb
easily, readily
(v.)capitulate
+ noun
demand, month, pressure, terrorism, threat
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| derivations: |
capitulant (n.), capitulator (n.) |
The word capitulate
contains the following parts:
cap2, capit, cipit
Latin
root
that means head
  Example words:
cap a pie, capital, capitalism, capitalist, capitalistic, capitalization, capitalize, capitally, capitation, capitulate, capitulation, capo, captain, decapitate, incipient, overcapitalize, precipitate, precipitation, precipitous, recapitalize, recapitulate, recapitulation, undercapitalize
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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