Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buck_up

1 sense of buck up

Sense 1
take heart, buck up -- (gain courage)
       => cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden -- (give encouragement to)

Antonyms of adj bucked_up

1 sense of bucked up

Sense 1
bucked up (predicate), encouraged -- (inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success")

INDIRECT (VIA pleased) -> displeased -- (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)

Similarity of adj bucked_up

1 sense of bucked up

Sense 1
bucked up (predicate), encouraged -- (inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success")
       => pleased (vs. displeased) -- (experiencing or manifesting pleasure)