Antonyms for buckle
ˈbʌk əlbuck·le

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1. bucklenoun

   fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

   Synonyms:
   warp

2. warp, buckleverb

   a shape distorted by twisting or folding

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

   Synonyms:
   warping, warp, deflection

3. buckle, claspverb

   fasten with a buckle or buckles

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

   Synonyms:
   crumple, heave, brooch, clasp, warp

4. buckle, crumpleverb

   fold or collapse

   "His knees buckled"

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

   Synonyms:
   break down, heave, clasp, knit, crease, tumble, crumple, crinkle, collapse, crumble, rumple, pucker, wrinkle, cockle, warp

5. heave, buckle, warpverb

   bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

   "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

   Synonyms:
   warp, heave, gag, gasp, clasp, pant, falsify, distort, heft up, garble, puff, heft, billow, retch, surge, crumple, heave up

How to use buckle in a sentence?

1. Virginia Democratic lawmaker:

   If you get me one more glass of wine, I’ll tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think you’ve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up. It’s going to be a wild couple of months.

2. Donald Trump on Thursday:

   So I have a belt: Somebody hits me with a belt, it's going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way, it moves that way, he hit the belt buckle. Anybody have a knife? Want to try it on me? Believe me, it ain't gonna work. You're going to be successful, but he took the knife and went like this and he plunged it into the belt and, amazing, the belt stayed totally flat and the knife broke.

3. Michael Avenatti:

   We've got a whole host of information that we are going to be releasing relating to Mr. Cohen and relating to Mr. Trump, so they better buckle up.

4. Ron Vara:

   China wants to buckle our knees so that they can have their way with us.

5. Barack Obama:

   Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear, so just as we, as citizens, must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are.

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