Synonyms of budged

budged

verb

past tense of budge

1

as in succumbed

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

despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in shifted

to change one's position

he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shifted
• moved
• twitched
• stirred
• squirmed
• fidgeted
• wiggled
• jiggled
• fiddled
• locomoted
• writhed
• tossed
• wriggled
• roused
• squiggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• froze
• remained
• stilled
• stayed
• hung around
• stabilized
• tarried
• stuck around

3

as in removed

to change the place or position of

the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removed
• relocated
• shifted
• moved
• transferred
• disturbed
• repositioned
• replaced
• transported
• dislocated
• transposed
• hauled
• displaced
• conveyed
• carried
• bore
• supplanted
• transmitted
• superseded
• toted
• drove
• revised
• lugged
• carted
• altered
• transplanted
• modified
• remodeled
• reworked
• varied
• remade
• made over
• redid
• refashioned
• revamped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• fixed
• froze
• stabilized
• set
• anchored
• moored
• rooted
• lodged
• embedded
• entrenched
• implanted
• imbedded
• intrenched
• engrained
• ingrained