Synonyms of bucking

bucking

verb

present participle of buck

1

as in yanking

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yanking
• jerking
• pulling
• lurching
• twitching
• shaking
• tugging
• grabbing
• hitching
• jolting
• bumping
• tearing
• dragging
• hoicking
• ripping
• staggering
• jigging
• snatching
• plucking
• jiggling
• jouncing
• lugging
• jogging
• pitching
• tweaking
• wrenching
• joggling
• wringing
• snapping (up)
• wresting

2

as in resisting

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

• resisting
• opposing
• withstanding
• fighting
• defying
• repelling
• contesting
• combating
• battling
• thwarting
• countering
• contradicting
• challenging
• stemming
• contending (with)
• hindering
• balking
• disputing
• checking
• obstructing
• frustrating
• foiling
• baffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• bowing (to)
• succumbing (to)
• giving in (to)
• surrendering (to)
• stooping (to)
• capitulating (to)
• knuckling under (to)

3

as in handing

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

• handing
• passing
• reaching
• transferring
• giving
• carrying
• handing over
• relaying
• handling
• pawing
• yielding
• delivering
• releasing
• bearing
• rendering
• surrendering
• relinquishing
• fingering
• turning over
• giving up
• ceding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bucking

Recent price rises now see a standard Xbox Series X console retail at $800, well above its $500 launch price in 2020, bucking trends of price cuts further into a console's lifecycle. — Jenni Reid,alex Buckmaster, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

When one of these massive jungle fish was found washed up dead in Florida’s Caloosahatchee River in the winter of 2021, news outlets around the country jumped on the story, bucking the trend of invasives creating little fanfare in Florida anymore. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

However, voters across parties have been bucking the political class by voting for anti-establishment candidates this election cycle. — Saige Miller, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

But now, in the middle of a rainstorm, their carriage has stopped and started, bucking and weaving beneath them. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Gorbachev, still consolidating power, was taking a risk by bucking anti-American hawks back in Moscow and standing with Reagan to join him in officially ruling out nuclear war as a rational instrument of policy. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Still, he’s viewed as a politically formidable force who has a good chance of bucking the political odds. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Few places have had more success bucking those trends than Somerville. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

Causes linked to possible frailty are bucking the trend, though, with death rates from malnutrition up more than 50% from 2019. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026