BUCKED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

bucked

verb

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 The company has bucked the trend of failing casual dining restaurants. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Florida, a solidly red state where socialism is viewed in some corners as a four-letter word, has resoundingly bucked that trend. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 The incumbent’s victory bucked the recent trend of left-wing challengers unseating established Democrats in Congress. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026 The votes aren’t binding and the FDA has periodically bucked the recommendations of its outside experts. — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 23 July 2026 At the same time, reported shoplifting bucked the trends of other property crimes, showing a 5% increase. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 That bucked declining filming activity as recently as the first quarter of this year in California. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 Chinese tech stocks bucked the sell-off trend on Wednesday as investors surged into that sector. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 8 July 2026 After Diana’s engagement ring became an instant classic, her sister-in-law Sarah Ferguson also bucked the diamond tradition, choosing a three-carat Burmese ruby surrounded by diamonds in a floral design. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

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In Berkeley, where California clay culture yanked ceramics out of the category of polite craft and into something huge, physical, ugly, and beautiful, Heilmann learned to weld.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Lucas Erceg was picked to close but was yanked for Steven Cruz after loading the bases with no outs in 14 pitches.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of yanked

Verb

When hit by a projectile traveling faster than seven times the speed of sound, the composite held together and resisted destruction.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Blonde demonstrated that a superstar could make a culturally consequential album that resisted traditional singles, resisted explanation and, perhaps most importantly, resisted overexposure.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of resisted

Verb

In a rare judicial win in such cases, the client was handed 18 months in prison.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, according to the complaint, the operatives handed Bowie a gun, ammunition and an inert explosive, then gave her instructions on how to use them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of handed

Verb

But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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However, it's been vehemently opposed by the other two parties that make up the government along with Luxon's center-right group National — libertarian ACT and populist NZ First.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Reductions Many of the valuation cuts were fiercely opposed by Fritz Kaegi, the outgoing Cook County assessor.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of opposed

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Four days later, loaded with crude oil, the Kiku passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The Maryland Data Privacy Act was one of several laws passed in this year's legislative session aimed at curbing federal immigration enforcement in the state.

— Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of passed

Verb

The South Bay reached record employment in July, adding 3,300 jobs even as California shed 20,500 positions and the Bay Area’s technology sector continued to contract, new state figures show.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
While both sides have indicated that an interim agreement is forthcoming, with the president even Truthing Wednesday that a deal had been reached, it hasn’t been finalized.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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