Synonyms for unsteadfast
- adjective
Most common
unstable untrue treacherous unfaithful fickle disloyal wavering changeable
All synonyms
Adjective
unfaithful, false, unstable, untrue, treacherous, fickle, disloyal, wavering, changeable, unsteady, faithless, inconstant, irresolute, unloyal, recreant formal, unleal, uncertain, volatile, slippery, restless, renegade, giddy, unsettled, capricious, treasonous, traitorous, mutable, fitful, perfidious, vacillating, trothless formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not steadfast; wavering, unfaithful.
Example sentences
- unstable Back in the 1990s, Algeria was incredibly unstable.
- untrue The main thing is to not be untrue to yourself.
- treacherous The weather can be very treacherous at this altitude.
- unfaithful Dan discovered that his wife had been unfaithful.
- fickle Women are very fickle. Trusting them is foolish.
- disloyal My suffering comes from realizing you were disloyal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unsteadfast | steady | |
| unstable | steady | |
| untrue | steady | |
| treacherous | rising | |
| unfaithful | rising | |
| fickle | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1, giddy2
- 6 letters
- untrue2, fickle2, fitful2, unleal
- 7 letters
- mutable3, unloyal
- 8 letters
- unstable3, volatile3, slippery3, restless2, renegade3, disloyal3, wavering3, unsteady3, recreant
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, unsettled3, faithless, trothless
- 10 letters
- unfaithful3, changeable3, capricious3, treasonous3, traitorous3, inconstant, perfidious, irresolute
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, vacillating4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giddy2 = 2 syllables).