Synonyms for rocky
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unstable — encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress
3. Shaky — of a person, ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock)
Other
stony, rock-like, flinty, rock-esque, terrestrial, stonelike, bouldery, rockish
Definitions
- adj. 1
Easily rocked; unstable.
The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
- adj. 2
Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
- adj. 3
Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- adj. 4
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
a rocky mountain a rocky shore
Related words
- Word family
- rockiness
- Phrases
- rocky planet
Example sentences
- unstable Back in the 1990s, Algeria was incredibly unstable.
- arduous She went through a long and arduous vocational course.
- unsteady I drank too much and was unsteady on my feet.
- bumpy The bus rattled as it drove along the bumpy road.
- jumpy Tom and Mary seemed a little jumpy, didn't they?
- shaky Your plan is standing on a very shaky base support.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 5 letters
- tough1, rough1, shaky2, stony2, bumpy2, jumpy2, jolty
- 6 letters
- wobbly3, flinty2
- 7 letters
- arduous3, jolting2, rockish
- 8 letters
- unstable3, weakened2, unsteady3, unnerved2, bouldery
- 9 letters
- difficult3, tottering3, stonelike
- 11 letters
- terrestrial4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shaky2 = 2 syllables).