wiggle room

noun

: leeway, latitude

a contract with wiggle room for further negotiations

Synonyms

• 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

His home run gave Lorenzen and the bullpen wiggle room to absorb a late San Diego surge. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025

Any extra space or wiggle room can and will strongly impact the comfort of your experience. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025

The elastic waistband ensures comfortable wiggle room around the waistline, and the button-up shirt can double as a versatile top layer to cover your shoulders or worn on its own. —Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025

Heading to the White House: Several of the GOP holdouts planned to visit the White House with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday afternoon to find a path forward for the legislation – despite little wiggle room. —Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 May 2025

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