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

Besides a seat belt’s safety factor, buckling in can also prevent you from a hefty fine from law enforcement. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026

As the front end accelerates, the downstream workflows responsible for adapting and validating that content are buckling under the pressure. — Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The discovery of the buckling columns launched a major effort to shore up — or reinforce — the building’s weakest points, with crews using emergency jacks and installing new steel supports. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Shortly after, the Fire Department responded to a report from construction workers that some of the steel support columns on the twenty-first floor were buckling. — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

The off-limits area was later scaled back after work crews braced the buckling beams. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Layla Taylor posted a GIF of someone buckling their seatbelt. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 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

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