BUCKLES Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of buckle

as in collapses

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

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as in devotes

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

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buckles

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noun

plural of buckle

as in loops

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Recent Examples of buckles

Verb

Building a support network well before senior year of high school can be the differentiator between a student who makes a confident, strategic choice of school and major, and one who buckles under the stress of the complex admissions landscape. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 To his yacht-aspiring wrist, the buyer buckles a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, a watch designed to commemorate Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1953 summit of Everest. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 The word nearly buckles my knees. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckles

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Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The roots infiltrate through tiny joints or cracks, expand from inside, and the pipe collapses gradually.

— Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

Verb

Happily, Cooke devotes the bulk of his narrative to everyday Wikipedians and their collaboration’s emergent properties.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The film devotes a large portion of its second half focusing on Musk’s political activities with DOGE and beyond, though does not take a political position on, well, politicians, nor advocate for one candidate or cause over another.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of devotes

Noun

Reflecting this, flight paths show the aircraft made two loops to burn fuel before returning to land at LAS, per FlightAware.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The first includes backing tracks to jam along to, while the other has drum loops for sampling.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of loops

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From trashing bedrooms and throwing couches, the pair tumbles down stairs and has a chase across the lawn before ending up in the pool.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Front load washers are built with a horizontal drum that tumbles the clothes in each cycle.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of tumbles

Verb

The act applies to event tickets for public concerts, theater shows, sporting events and similar activities at venues with a capacity of over 200 seats.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
Once a community applies to manage an area, the state can no longer authorize new concessions — such as those for salmon-farming facilities — within it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of applies

Noun

The fabric folds inward, sinks toward the earth and spreads across the grass.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Hodges reprises Orazio’s chiaroscuro — the interplay of light and shade — in the sculptural folds of the drapery to equally foreboding effect.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of folds

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Keeping time is a natural theme for the novel, and Li bends it to her will, often flashing forward to reveal events in her characters’ futures.

— Radhika Jones, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Phoebe Bridgers, in her first film role, pulls off an uncanny transformation as a decoy who bends lines of age and gender.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026