Synonyms of buckles

buckles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of buckle

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• tumbles
• crumples
• goes
• melts
• dies
• yields
• gives
• crumbles
• goes out
• gives way
• founders
• shatters
• snaps
• implodes
• crashes
• breaks
• flattens
• fails
• caves (in)
• cracks
• pops
• bursts
• stalls
• splits
• smashes
• breaks down
• deflates
• melts down
• gives out
• splinters
• conks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• swells
• inflates

2

as in devotes

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devotes
• applies
• bends
• gives
• addresses
• commits
• gets cracking
• works
• gets with it
• turns one's hand
• gets one's act together
• sets (to)
• spends
• reapplies
• settles (down)
• stresses
• troubles
• exhausts
• concerns
• taxes
• readdresses
• involves
• busies
• knuckles down
• exerts
• engages
• plows
• wears out
• humps
• grinds
• pitches in
• plunges (in)
• strains
• pegs (away)
• plugs (away)
• hustles
• puts out
• plods
• carries on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plays
• trifles
• dawdles
• dallies
• idles
• fiddles (around)
• fools around
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• messes around
• dillydallies

buckles

2 of 2

noun

plural of buckle

as in loops

Related Words

• loops
• folds
• swirls
• spirals
• coils
• flexures
• twists
• windings
• curls
• convolutions
• rings
• curlicues
• ringlets
• slopes
• bows
• reflections
• curves
• inclines
• arches
• warps
• rounds
• circles
• bends
• corners
• incurvatures
• declines
• arcs
• inclinations
• winds
• curvatures
• inflections
• kinks
• angles
• hairpins
• crooks
• turnoffs
• turns
• doglegs

Example Sentences

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