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Synonyms & Antonyms of buck
(Entry 1 of 2)
- a vain buck who spends an hour before the bathroom mirror every morning
Synonyms for buck
- beau,
- Beau Brummell,
- dandy,
- dude,
- fop,
- gallant,
- jay,
- lounge lizard,
- macaroni,
- pretty boy
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- found some strong young bucks to help move her furniture
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- hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines
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- bread
- [slang],
- cabbage
- [slang],
- cash,
- change,
- chips,
- coin,
- currency,
- dough,
- gold,
- green,
- jack
- [slang],
- kale
- [slang],
- legal tender,
- lolly
- [British],
- long green
- [slang],
- loot,
- lucre,
- money,
- moola
- (or moolah)
- [slang],
- needful,
- pelf,
- scratch
- [slang],
- shekels
- (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
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- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
buck
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of buck (Entry 2 of 2)
- the car bucked and stalled
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- bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years
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- buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom
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