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Synonyms for shaky

  • adjective

Most common

uncertain precarious wobbly rickety

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Precarious — easily shaken; tottering; unsound

precarious, wobbly, uncertain, rickety, unsteady, weak, unstable, tottering, rocky, flimsy, unsafe, tremulous, unreliable, wonky UK AU NZ, slippery, insecure, unsound, cranky, wavering, risky, treacherous, infirm

Other

dodgy informal, crazy

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

Related words

Word family
shakiness
Other spellings
shakey

Example sentences

  • uncertain Tom told me that he's uncertain what he should do.
  • precarious Yanni lives a precarious existence in Algiers.
  • wobbly I tried sitting on that chair, but it was wobbly.
  • rickety Monday rolled into town on a rickety old bicycle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
shakyrising
uncertainsteady
precarioussteady
wobblyrising
ricketyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
weak1
5 letters
crazy2, rocky2, risky2, dodgy, wonky
6 letters
unsafe2, flimsy2, cranky2, wobbly3, infirm2
7 letters
rickety3, unsound2
8 letters
unstable3, insecure3, slippery3, wavering3, unsteady3
9 letters
uncertain3, tottering3, tremulous3
10 letters
unreliable5, precarious4
11 letters
treacherous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).

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