Synonyms of buckled

buckled

verb

past tense of buckle

1

as in collapsed

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsed
• crumpled
• tumbled
• went
• melted
• shattered
• gave
• crumbled
• died
• foundered
• yielded
• went out
• imploded
• flattened
• gave way
• crashed
• broke
• snapped
• cracked
• failed
• smashed
• caved (in)
• popped
• burst
• stalled
• deflated
• splintered
• split
• gave out
• broke down
• melted down
• conked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• inflated
• swelled

2

as in devoted

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoted
• applied
• gave
• bent
• addressed
• committed
• worked
• got cracking
• spent
• got with it
• turned one's hand
• reapplied
• set (to)
• got one's act together
• exhausted
• involved
• exerted
• engaged
• concerned
• busied
• settled (down)
• stressed
• taxed
• readdressed
• plowed
• troubled
• humped
• hustled
• strained
• ground
• wore out
• knuckled down
• carried on
• pitched in
• put out
• plodded
• plunged (in)
• plugged (away)
• pegged (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• played
• dawdled
• idled
• trifled
• dallied
• fooled around
• fiddled (around)
• messed around
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• dillydallied
• monkeyed (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buckled

The public defender said the suspect pushed Britt after his knees buckled near the water. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

The project is located not far from the former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street, where structural columns buckled and floors sagged on July 7 during its conversion into roughly 1,600 apartments. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

By any reasonable reading of the setup, renter demand should have buckled, right? — Brad Hunter, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

After nearly two terrifying minutes, the jerking stopped, but the first floor of his building had buckled. — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026

College networks buckled under the traffic, and bulletin boards lit up, as the game eventually was installed on more computers than Microsoft Windows 95 at the time. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Argentina responded two minutes later with a try to backrower Joaquin Oviedo after Delguy buckled the defense. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

After receiving a report of bricks falling from the 37-story building, fire officials said two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, while floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors. — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Yesterday, officials evacuated that Midtown building, which is being converted into an apartment complex, after several floors caved in and two columns buckled. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 8 July 2026