Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.

Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.

overcame

The most appropriate antonym of the underlined word "succumbed" in the following sentence is overcame.

• Succumb means to give way to something, especially to an illness or temptation.
• Overcome means to successfully deal with or defeat something.

The other words are not antonyms of "succumb" because they have different meanings.

• Died means to cease to live.
• Surrendered means to give up something, especially to an enemy.
• Advanced means to move forward or make progress.