Synonyms for tremor

Most common

shaking · quaking

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A shake, quiver, or vibration.

   She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.

2. n. 2

   A shake, quiver, or vibration. A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

   The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.

3. v. 1

   To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

Related words

Word family

tremology

Phrases

earth tremor

Forms

Plural

tremors → microseisms, quakings, shakings, tremblings…

Past participle

tremored
e.g. tremored → quaked, earthquaked…

Example sentences

• shaking I felt my hands shaking and my heart beating fast.

Popularity over time

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

By length

5 letters

quake¹

6 letters

shiver², quiver²

7 letters

shaking², flutter², shudder², quaking²

9 letters

trembling³, agitation⁴, quivering³

10 letters

earthquake², microseism

11 letters

trepidation⁴

12 letters

perturbation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shiver² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tremblement

Deutsch

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