Synonyms of bucks

bucks 1 of 2

noun

plural of buck

as in money

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment

hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines

Synonyms & Similar Words

• money
• cash
• coin
• currency
• funds
• moolah
• dough
• dollar
• shekels
• gold
• chips
• moola
• change
• lucre
• loot
• pelf
• green
• wampum
• coinage
• tender
• legal tender
• scratch
• cabbage
• needful
• bread
• lolly
• kale
• long green
• sheqels
• sheqalim
• shekalim
• resources
• shekelim
• dime
• jack
• wallet
• money order
• bill
• specie
• greenback
• pittance
• scrip
• megabucks
• paper money
• bankroll
• promissory note
• finances
• fortune
• folding money
• peanuts
• capital
• banknote
• mint
• means
• wad
• roll
• draft
• bundle
• big bucks
• shoestring
• pot
• dead presidents
• chump change
• riches
• pile
• check
• treasure
• mite
• dibs
• boodle
• abundance
• wealth
• pocket money
• spending money
• note
• pin money
• mad money
• bomb
• petty cash
• earth
• opulence
• packet
• wherewithal
• king's ransom
• cashier's check

bucks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of buck

1

as in yanks

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yanks
• jerks
• pulls
• twitches
• grabs
• lurches
• shakes
• jolts
• tugs
• hitches
• hoicks
• bumps
• tears
• rips
• snatches
• drags
• jogs
• plucks
• lugs
• staggers
• jiggles
• jounces
• jigs
• tweaks
• wrenches
• joggles
• pitches
• snaps (up)
• wrings
• wrests

2

as in resists

to refuse to give in to

bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resists
• opposes
• fights
• withstands
• repels
• contests
• contends (with)
• defies
• stems
• counters
• checks
• challenges
• combats
• disputes
• contradicts
• balks
• battles
• hinders
• baffles
• foils
• frustrates
• thwarts
• obstructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submits (to)
• yields (to)
• gives in (to)
• surrenders (to)
• succumbs (to)
• bows (to)
• stoops (to)
• capitulates (to)
• knuckles under (to)

3

as in hands

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another

buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hands
• passes
• reaches
• transfers
• gives
• hands over
• fingers
• carries
• handles
• relays
• yields
• bears
• paws
• delivers
• releases
• renders
• gives up
• turns over
• surrenders
• relinquishes
• cedes

Phrases Containing bucks

• big bucks