Synonyms of bucked

bucked

verb

past tense of buck

1

as in yanked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yanked
• jerked
• lurched
• pulled
• twitched
• tugged
• shook
• grabbed
• jolted
• hitched
• bumped
• hoicked
• tore
• staggered
• dragged
• snatched
• jogged
• plucked
• jiggled
• ripped
• jounced
• lugged
• jigged
• pitched
• wrenched
• joggled
• tweaked
• snapped (up)
• wrung
• wrested

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resisted
• opposed
• withstood
• fought
• defied
• repelled
• challenged
• contradicted
• contested
• countered
• balked
• combatted
• battled
• thwarted
• contended (with)
• combated
• stemmed
• disputed
• hindered
• frustrated
• baffled
• checked
• obstructed
• foiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitted (to)
• succumbed (to)
• yielded (to)
• bowed (to)
• surrendered (to)
• stooped (to)
• gave in (to)
• capitulated (to)
• knuckled under (to)

• submitted (to)
• succumbed (to)
• yielded (to)
• bowed (to)
• surrendered (to)
• stooped (to)
• gave in (to)
• capitulated (to)
• knuckled under (to)

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3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handed
• passed
• reached
• transferred
• gave
• carried
• handed over
• bore
• relayed
• pawed
• relinquished
• handled
• fingered
• rendered
• yielded
• ceded
• delivered
• released
• surrendered
• turned over
• gave up