BUCKED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

bucked

verb

Definition of bucked next

past tense of buck

as in yanked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion the car bucked and stalled

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as in resisted

to refuse to give in to bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

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as in handed

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom

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Recent Examples of bucked Romance between restless second son Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha), the illegitimate daughter of an earl who comes to work as a maid for the Bridgerton family, bucked Regency-era societal conventions. —

Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026 The Horned Frogs bucked that trend on Sunday chasing UCLA’s Landon Stump from the game before the third inning’s conclusion and having their most successful offensive game of the series. —

Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2026 The issue has become one of the angriest disputes yet between Ukraine and two neighbours that are members of the EU and NATO but whose leaders have bucked the largely pro-Ukrainian consensus in Europe to ⁠cultivate warm ties with Moscow. —

CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026 But last year bucked the trend as the Academy Award went to Flow over The Wild Robot, which dominated the 2025 Annies with seven nods. —

Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2026 But what was not planned or sanctioned, according to sources, was an in-character LaBeouf hoisting himself up over the bullpen’s seven-foot guardrails while a live bull bucked and charged inside, and sprinting to the other side of the pen. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026 Delivered by Heesen in 2015, the fully custom 499 GT superyacht, then called Sibelle, bucked convention with exterior styling considered radical at the time. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026 Kiley has occasionally bucked GOP leadership on procedural matters and previously voted against a House rule that would have blocked consideration of tariff repeal measures. —

Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Feb. 2026 While much of the country faced stagnant hiring, Charlotte bucked the trend by continuing to secure major corporate investments. —

Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026

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While there is no physical blockade in the strait, Iran has threatened to attack any vessels moving through it, and insurers have yanked their war-risk policies, leaving hundreds of tankers in limbo.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Grand Rapids yanked Sherlock with 44 seconds to play, and the extra man paid off as Jameson Duell scored 15 seconds later to tie the game and send it into overtime.

— Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026