wiggle room

noun

: leeway, latitude

a contract with wiggle room for further negotiations

Synonyms of wiggle room

• slack
• space

Examples of wiggle room in a Sentence

The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.

the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room

Recent Examples on the Web

Crop prices are set months in advance — which doesn't leave much wiggle room when fuel prices rise. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Deep seats give it that sink-in-and-relax feel, and the oversized chaise gives you plenty of wiggle room during movie marathons or lazy weekends. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

The publisher was apparently not too happy either, according to Wilson, though selling over a million copies of an ancient epic probably won her some wiggle room. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Every one of those statements leaves Moore plenty of wiggle room, which is just the way the governor wants it. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wiggle room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume