Synonyms of budges

budges

verb

present tense third-person singular of budge

1

as in succumbs

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

• succumbs
• submits
• concedes
• surrenders
• bows
• capitulates
• relents
• blinks
• yields
• quits
• acquiesces
• gives in
• throws in the sponge
• knuckles under
• throws in the towel
• defers
• says uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resists
• contends
• meets
• fights
• opposes
• confronts
• faces
• counters
• breasts
• defies
• objects
• repels
• withstands
• combats
• holds off
• thwarts
• battles

2

as in shifts

to change one's position

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shifts
• moves
• twitches
• squirms
• stirs
• fidgets
• wiggles
• locomotes
• writhes
• wriggles
• jiggles
• tosses
• fiddles
• rouses
• squiggles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freezes
• remains
• stays
• stills
• stabilizes
• hangs around
• tarries
• sticks around

3

as in removes

to change the place or position of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removes
• moves
• relocates
• shifts
• transfers
• disturbs
• displaces
• transports
• repositions
• replaces
• hauls
• dislocates
• carries
• conveys
• transposes
• transmits
• supplants
• drives
• lugs
• alters
• supersedes
• revises
• transplants
• varies
• carts
• modifies
• bears
• totes
• reworks
• redoes
• remodels
• remakes
• revamps
• refashions
• makes over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freezes
• secures
• stabilizes
• sets
• fixes
• anchors
• roots
• entrenches
• embeds
• lodges
• moors
• implants
• imbeds
• engrains
• ingrains
• intrenches