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
• bumping
• jolting
• tearing
• dragging
• hoicking
• jouncing
• ripping
• plucking
• snatching
• jigging
• staggering
• jiggling
• lugging
• jogging
• pitching
• wrenching
• tweaking
• joggling
• wringing
• wresting
• snapping (up)

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
• balking
• battling
• thwarting
• countering
• combatting
• contradicting
• challenging
• stemming
• hindering
• disputing
• foiling
• obstructing
• checking
• baffling
• frustrating
• contending (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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