English Synonym Finder

give way

Definitions

To yield or concede to another person or force.

To stop moving or allow other traffic to pass before proceeding.

To collapse or break under pressure or weight.

Examples

You must give way to traffic coming from the right at the roundabout.

The old wooden bridge began to give way under the weight of the heavy truck.

Synonyms

yield concede capitulate submit surrender collapse buckle

Antonyms

resist withstand oppose defy stand persist hold