BUDGE Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

budge

verb

Definition of budge

as in to succumb

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position

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as in to shift

to change one's position he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

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as in to remove

to change the place or position of the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

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Recent Examples of budge The library, citing the toys' age and their talent in attracting tens of thousands of visitors a year, wouldn't budge, Brandreth said. — Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 So Nantz delivered a solid blow to the ball, which didn’t budge in Watt’s arms. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 But with Ha-Meem’s energy bills rising from roughly $200,000 to $300,000 every day, and clients refusing to budge on prices, there is a relentless drive to boost efficiency. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Yet even after decades of mass shootings, federal gun policy has barely budged. — Jillian Turanovic, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for budge

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Verb

To date, it is estimated that some 400,000 people have already succumbed to starvation because of the drought and the fighting.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Hours after the band released The Same Place’s two lead singles in November 2024, the other half of OTC’s central brain trust, Will Cullen Hart, succumbed to a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of succumb

Verb

The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
His Iowa appearance was moved from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, only for plans to shift back to Dubuque hours later, according to a person familiar with the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of shift

Verb

Meanwhile, On and Dior have also reportedly removed Chinese promotional content featuring Mbappé, although neither had announced a global termination, according to Chinese news outlet Phoenix.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
That designation was removed last year by an outside counsel.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

Bolsonaro, who is under investigation in Brazil over allegations of corruption and money laundering, refused to concede and has called the elections fraudulent, without providing evidence.

— Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
Orlando is winless in its last four away matches, conceding 13 goals.

— Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of concede

Verb

Those offseason moves, combined with the injuries, have withered the depth that had allowed Presti to be patient in trade negotiations during previous seasons, without feeling a need to make splashy midseason acquisitions.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Recent openings include relocating its Milan flagship from the tourist-heavy Via Montenapoleone to the more local Via Gesù, as well as a 91-square-meter boutique in Shenzhen, China.

— Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
After that, all outdoor activities at the back of the school were temporarily relocated, Superintendent Mark Foust said in a letter to parents on Thursday.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocate

Verb

Trump has been criticized in the past for voting by mail despite his long history of railing against that method of submitting ballots.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The Finnish firm Posiva will also need to submit periodic safety assessments every decade.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of submit

Verb

This is where the belief that began with one entrepreneur starts transferring to other people.

— Jerry Bobb, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The records show between July of 2025, when ORR began placing pregnant girls in South Texas, and May of 2026, four of them had to be transferred to other states to receive medical treatment.

— Mark Betancourt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

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