Synonyms for buck
bʌkbuck

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1. vaulting horse, long horse, bucknoun

   a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

2. dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clamnoun

   a piece of paper money worth one dollar

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, dollar sign, sawbuck, sawhorse, dollar mark, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

3. Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Bucknoun

   United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

4. sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, bucknoun

   a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

   Synonyms:
   dollar, dollar bill, cavalry, vaulting horse, knight, sawbuck, gymnastic horse, clam, one dollar bill, sawhorse, horse, horse cavalry, long horse

5. buckverb

   mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

6. buckverb

   to strive with determination

   "John is bucking for a promotion"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, hitch, tear, shoot down, charge, go against, shoot

7. buck, go againstverb

   resist

   "buck the trend"

   Synonyms:
   violate, go against, jerk, shoot down, tear, offend, charge, infract, break, hitch, shoot, transgress, breach

8. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb

   move quickly and violently

   "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, charge, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tear

9. buck, jerk, hitchverb

   jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

   "the yung filly bucked"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, twitch, shoot, go against, flick, hitch, yank, catch, shoot down, limp, hobble, tear, charge, gimp, jerk, hitchhike

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1. bucknoun

   Synonyms:
   male (of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare)

2. bucknoun

   Synonyms:
   blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bucknoun

   Synonyms:
   ram, beau, fop, blade, dandy

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1. List of paraphrases for "buck":

   buckbeak, buc, dollar, pak, ball, money, deer

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1. List of known nicknames for "Buck":

   Buck the Wonder Dog

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How to use buck in a sentence?

1. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   Is there any funding so I can do these things that you want us to do? 'No', that is passing the buck without passing the bucks.

2. Gerald Ford:

   I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

3. Margaret Chan:

   The buck stops with me.

4. Danica Patrick:

   We were here to be funny and enough people didn't think we were funny, i still feel like they got their bang for their buck.

5. Steven Howard:

   The thing begins to fire, and it begins to jump and buck all over the place, your first human instinct is for your hands to clamp down, and you clamp down on the trigger, and if the thing has a 32-round magazine ... it starts spraying all over and people get killed.