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Synonyms and Antonyms of budge

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

blink, bow, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield
Words Related to budge

acquiesce

defer
Phrases Synonymous with budge

say uncle, throw in the towel (also throw in the sponge)
Near Antonyms of budge

contend, fight, hold off

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand
Antonyms of budge

resist
2 to change one's position
  • he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him
Synonyms of budge

locomote, move, shift, stir
Words Related to budge

fiddle, fidget, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, toss, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe

rouse
Near Antonyms of budge

hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

stabilize
Antonyms of budge

freeze, still
3 to change the place or position of
  • the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it
Synonyms of budge

dislocate, displace, disturb, move, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transpose
Words Related to budge

bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport

replace, supersede, supplant

alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary
Near Antonyms of budge

anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

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