Synonyms of budged

budged

verb

past tense of budge

1

as in succumbed

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)

despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succumbed
• conceded
• submitted
• surrendered
• bowed
• relented
• capitulated
• blinked
• yielded
• quit
• acquiesced
• gave in
• threw in the towel
• knuckled under
• said uncle
• deferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resisted
• fought
• contended
• opposed
• met
• confronted
• faced
• objected
• countered
• defied
• repelled
• battled
• withstood
• thwarted
• held off
• combated
• breasted

2

as in shifted

to change one's position

he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shifted
• moved
• twitched
• stirred
• squirmed
• fidgeted
• wiggled
• jiggled
• fiddled
• locomoted
• writhed
• tossed
• wriggled
• roused
• squiggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• froze
• remained
• stilled
• stayed
• hung around
• stabilized
• tarried
• stuck around

3

as in removed

to change the place or position of

the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removed
• relocated
• shifted
• moved
• transferred
• disturbed
• repositioned
• replaced
• transported
• dislocated
• transposed
• hauled
• displaced
• conveyed
• carried
• bore
• supplanted
• transmitted
• superseded
• toted
• drove
• revised
• lugged
• carted
• altered
• transplanted
• modified
• remodeled
• reworked
• varied
• remade
• made over
• redid
• refashioned
• revamped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• fixed
• set
• stabilized
• froze
• anchored
• moored
• rooted
• lodged
• embedded
• entrenched
• implanted
• ingrained

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of budged

That meant despite a large headline increase to the stock's price, its underlying valuation barely budged. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

But, nationally, the share of kindergarteners who received vaccine exemptions has risen less than one per cent since Kennedy took office, and the measles-vaccination rate has hardly budged. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

The economist flagged that beyond coding, there just isn’t much evidence of wide adoption, noting customer service employment is barely budged in recent years, likewise in manufacturing. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

That number has barely budged despite years of investment in planning systems and omnichannel front ends. — Samuel Mueller, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

But in good news for savers, even though the Fed rate hasn’t budged in seven months, other factors have pushed interest rates higher on some low-risk vehicles that can provide healthy returns for your cash. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Unlike during the coronavirus pandemic, when the country essentially shut down, most indicators of energy consumption, such as traffic congestion, have hardly budged. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index barely budged in a day of uneventful trading. — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Something Good Pull-On Barrel Pants, $88 (Originally $98) Drew Barrymore has been an It Girl since long before I was born, and her cool factor hasn’t budged since her pixie-hair days. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 20 July 2026