SHAKING Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in trembling

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements suffered a shaking chill during his bout with the flu

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shaking

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noun

as in twitching

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side gave the bottle of salad dressing a good shaking

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as in escape

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable condemned the government's shaking of its overseas responsibilities

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shaking

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verb

present participle of shake

as in jerking

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road

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as in avoiding

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot

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Recent Examples of shaking

Noun

Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. —

Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026

Verb

Structure information summary Most structures in this region are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist. —

Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026 The fine powder is very messy to work with, however, so simply shaking it onto your chain wouldn't be practical. —

Ben Coxworth march 27, New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2026 That durability test — putting hair up in a clip, then shaking it out and finding curls still intact — is the kind of real-world detail that separates a genuinely useful product from one that only performs under ideal conditions. —

Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 Other videos show the robot driving away and shaking off glass from its top onto the sidewalk. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026 After a bipartisan group of senators huddled on the Senate floor, one Democrat left the talks shaking his head, saying he was frustrated at the state of negotiations. —

Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026 It comes paired with a high-excursion 160mm wireless subwoofer for bone-shaking bass, while its specialized center channel ensures crystal-clear vocals regardless of how loud the action gets. —

Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 Even so, leveraging historic artworks to elevate the brand of a company whose product is shaking the very foundations of human culture is just too on the nose. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 The result is shaking that can last far longer than on Earth because seismic energy dissipates slowly in the moon's fractured interior. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2026

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Noun

At first this change of scale vivifies the butterfly—its brief stillness, the angle of its wings, its trembling—while freezing everything else, including the novel’s action.

— Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Its strength ranges from mild, causing little more discomfort than a slight trembling, to severe, in which passengers or flight crew can be thrown around the cabin and risk injury if not wearing seatbelts.

— Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026