budge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BUDGE

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

Synonyms blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender

Related Words acquiesce; defer

Near Antonyms contend, fight, hold off; battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand

Antonyms resist

to change one's position <he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him>

Synonyms budge, locomote, shift, stir

Related Words fiddle, fidget, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, toss, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe; rouse

Near Antonyms hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry; stabilize

Antonyms freeze, still

to change the place or position of <the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn't budge it>

Synonyms budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transpose

Near Antonyms anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

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