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
• giving
• bending
• addressing
• committing
• working
• turning a hand
• 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
• taxing
• engaging
• straining
• exhausting
• plowing
• troubling
• wearing out
• grinding
• humping
• knuckling down
• carrying on
• plunging (in)
• hustling
• pitching in
• 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