bucked up

1. 1.

   inspired with confidence

   “felt bucked up by his success”

   Synonymsencouraged

   Similarpleased

Questions about bucked up

What does bucked up mean?

bucked up means "inspired with confidence".

What is another word for bucked up?

Close synonyms include encouraged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bucked up a common word?

bucked up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.