WABBLES Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

wobbles 1 of 2

verb

variants also wabbles

present tense third-person singular of wobble

as in shakes

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water

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as in lurches

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it

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as in hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time

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as in falters

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward

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wobbles

2 of 2

noun

variants also wabbles

plural of wobble

as in tremors

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Recent Examples of wobbles

Verb

Put plainly, the body that watches over the global financial system, chaired by the governor of the Bank of England, is saying the prices these funds report rest partly on judgment, and that the judgment wobbles precisely when it is tested. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 Sketch a plan for practice, then show up even if motivation wobbles. —

Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2026 The show continually wobbles between these two poles. —

Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026 The start of its third act wobbles a bit, but the filmmakers provide a smashing ending that holds hope there will be more adventures to follow. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026 The grades look normal, the homework gets turned in, and then a new unit shows up, and the whole thing wobbles. —

Maria Williams, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026 Over the next two weeks, these shifts could start to be felt in North America, Europe and Asia as the polar vortex weakens and tumbles south, like a spinning top that slows and wobbles off course. —

Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025 And the resulting 35-yard field goal try — a six-inch gimmie putt in the modern NFL — wobbles wide right. —

Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 The tone wobbles between genuine dread and a kind of earnest, slightly campy nostalgia reminiscent of Stand by Me. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbles

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And the employee shakes their head and the manager feels really positive.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
And Philip told me that someone shakes his hand.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026