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

But the show is also bucking a recent trend of second-season declines for a number of series, and for a smaller series to have its ratings curve go up in season two is notable. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Apple shares were up less than 1% in early trading Thursday to almost $318, bucking a multi-year trend when the stock retreated the day after a major product introduction. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

And a growing number of communities are bucking market trends, and encouraging the construction of affordable homes and rental apartments. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026

But if there’s ever been a case for bucking that trend, Reeves makes it. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 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