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 program bucked the overall decline in traditional TV viewing by growing 9 percent over the previous season. — Los Angeles Times, 8 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 In addition to making the film available for purchase or rent on PVOD first, Amazon MGM bucked the trend once again by making its SVOD debut on Amazon’s MGM+ platform (formerly (EPIX) on June 18. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The actress and director recalled being bucked off her horse and falling into a ditch with dozens of horses galloping toward her. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 But to my surprise, these watercolors have bucked the trend. — Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Comedy bucked the trend, ticking up to 71 from 69. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026 But this team—assembled via free agency, trades and second-round picks, led by a coach on his fourth stop—has bucked that stereotype. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026

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Verb

Dest was so bad that he got yanked at halftime and replaced by Gio Reyna.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 8 July 2026
Winco also yanked about 13,500 Roman Candles 8 Shot 3-Pack Firework Devices.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of yanked

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The initial complaint, filed on the day he was apprehended, alleged Hurtado-Cariaco forcibly resisted arrest, according to a pre-sentencing court filing by McWilliams.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
That matters especially in the United States, where patient access, physician burnout and accelerating costs have all resisted incremental fixes.

— Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of resisted

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To solve this, the team handed the keys to artificial intelligence.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
In the span of a week in January, Canha was handed premier cutlery and an accessible kitchen filled with all the necessities — in front of the entire world.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Definition of handed

Verb

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
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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Earlier versions of the county’s early voting plan included Sunday voting, which Democrats generally supported and Republicans opposed.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
But the semi-annual change has few fans – an AP-NORC poll last year found that only 12% of American adults were in favor of it, while almost half opposed it.

— Deepti Hajela, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of opposed

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Saudi Arabia briefly issued warnings in two locations before lifting them several minutes later, saying the danger had passed.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
In short, every transformation of the data passed through, from filtering and deduplication to augmentation, must be timestamped and attributed.

— Akash Pugalia, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of passed

Verb

Adams’ shoulders lurched on the bench, while Richards fell to his knees, dug his afro into the grass, and closed his eyes in pain.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Initial data indicates both of these earthquakes were strike-slip, Magnani said, meaning one plate lurched past the other along the boundary.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 June 2026

Definition of lurched

Verb

Their starvation reached new heights, and the men ultimately broke their promise to Odysseus and killed one of Apollo’s cattle.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Donaldson -- who shot 8 for 12 overall and 3 for 4 on threes - took over in the fourth and reached 20 points for the second time in Miami’s final three games in Las Vegas.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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