Synonyms for
Buckle
Definition
to fasten or secure with a buckle
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- buckle down
- buckle up
- buckle under
- buckle the belt
- buckle the straps
- buckle the shoes
- buckle the harness
Word family
Usage note
As a verb, 'buckle' often implies fastening or securing something. 'Buckle down' and 'buckle up' are common idiomatic phrases.
Example sentences
- I need to buckle my shoes before going outside.
- She used a belt to buckle the suitcase closed.
- The baby's car seat has a buckle to keep her safe in the car.
- He struggled to buckle the heavy backpack.
- Can you help me buckle my helmet?
Quotes
The spirit of the age is given in buckles.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times; unto which they know they must transmit their dearest pledges. But such as stand in competition for honors and estate are many times base in nature; and, therefore, desirous to win unto themselves the good report of others, deceive the eye of their beholders by buckling more than they can hold.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.