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

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

The Senate just went out with a bang ‒ passing a government funding bill to try to avert another shutdown, confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general and bucking a voter ID measure. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Despite sluggish sales across the chain, Patterson noted during the earnings call Wednesday that Chicago-area Portillo’s are bucking the national trend. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

European stocks opened in broadly positive territory on Tuesday, bucking the negative trend set by Asian indices. — Joseph Wilkins,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 27 July 2026

The bull lived up to his reputation, bucking Dias off before trampling him in the dirt in five seconds. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

The exchange seemed to enrage the bison, which began bucking before running at McDaniel and his 13-year-old grandson. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

One of the elephants, 51-year old Swarna, began running around her enclosure in a circle, like a bucking bronco. — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Nurses’ associations say those management decisions are bucking the intent of the higher staffing standards. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026