Synonyms for rickety
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Wobbly — of an object, not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure
wobbly, shaky, tottering, ramshackle, decrepit, creaky, dilapidated, weak, wonky UK AU NZ, flimsy, frail, precarious, unsteady, unstable, feeble, infirm, cranky, unsafe, rachitic, insecure, tipsy, drooping
Other
rottletrap UK, shambly, shackly informal dated UK US
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
Related words
- Word family
- ricketiness
- Is a kind of
- fragile ramshackle weak
- Other spellings
- ricketty
Example sentences
- shaky Your plan is standing on a very shaky base support.
- wobbly I tried sitting on that chair, but it was wobbly.
- decrepit I think that his uncle is a decrepit old man.
- tottering The whole power structure is tottering.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1
- 5 letters
- shaky2, frail1, tipsy2, wonky
- 6 letters
- unsafe2, feeble2, flimsy2, cranky2, wobbly3, infirm2, creaky2
- 7 letters
- shambly, shackly
- 8 letters
- unstable3, insecure3, decrepit3, unsteady3, drooping2, rachitic
- 9 letters
- tottering3
- 10 letters
- precarious4, ramshackle3, rottletrap
- 11 letters
- dilapidated5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shaky2 = 2 syllables).