Entry Word: uneven

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not having a level or smooth surface <we had to plane and sand down the uneven wooden board before we could paint it>

Synonyms broken, bumpy, coarse, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly, ragged, rough, roughened, rugged, scraggy

Related Words lopsided, unbalanced; inexact, irregular, unaligned; rutted, rutty, undulating, wavy; burred, harsh, nubbly, nubby, scraggly, scratchy; nonuniform

Near Antonyms exact, uniform; aligned, regular, true; horizontal, tabular; plumb, straight, vertical; flush

Antonyms even, flat, level, plane, smooth

2 not staying constant <the level of attendance at the ball park has been very uneven this season>

Synonyms changing, erratic, fluctuating, irregular, unequal, unstable, unsteady, varying

Related Words capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, fickle, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, variable, volatile

Antonyms changeless, constant, stable, steady, unchanging, unvarying

3 inclined or twisted to one side <an uneven grin> — see awry