Synonyms of buckling

buckling

verb

present participle of buckle

1

as in collapsing

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

• collapsing
• crumpling
• tumbling
• going
• melting
• yielding
• crumbling
• shattering
• giving
• foundering
• dying
• imploding
• going out
• giving way
• crashing
• flattening
• caving (in)
• breaking
• cracking
• bursting
• snapping
• failing
• stalling
• splitting
• popping
• splintering
• smashing
• deflating
• giving out
• melting down
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

2

as in devoting

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoting
• applying
• bending
• giving
• addressing
• committing
• working
• getting cracking
• spending
• turning one's hand
• getting with it
• getting one's act together
• setting (to)
• reapplying
• exerting
• settling (down)
• stressing
• involving
• concerning
• readdressing
• busying
• engaging
• taxing
• straining
• exhausting
• plowing
• troubling
• wearing out
• grinding
• humping
• knuckling down
• carrying on
• plunging (in)
• pitching in
• hustling
• plugging (away)
• putting out
• plodding
• pegging (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• playing
• dawdling
• idling
• trifling
• dallying
• fiddling (around)
• fooling around
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buckling

Videos and photos circulating on social media showed steel columns on the building’s higher floors buckling and contorting on Tuesday. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

On Tuesday morning, the FDNY received reports of bricks falling from the building; inspectors found two support columns buckling on the 21st floor and floors sagging up through the 26th. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026

The building, as well as several nearby buildings in New York’s Midtown East neighborhood, were evacuated Tuesday morning after officials noticed support columns were buckling, while surrounding streets were closed. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable Tuesday after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse, forcing the tower and other nearby buildings to evacuate, officials said. — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

SpaceX, meanwhile, is buckling under the weight of its own IPO. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 July 2026

Africa’s biggest economy is buckling under a more than 30% unemployment rate, rising food inflation, and an informal retail sector where millions compete for survival. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026

Another six have sustained damage and the rest are now buckling under the influx of injuries. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

When a fire tore through Kantamanto that January, devouring eight acres, or nearly 60 percent of the market’s retail-facing side, the community of 30,000 retailers, traders and vendors all but lost hope in a business model that was already buckling under fashion’s ever-quickening pace. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026