Synonyms of wobbling

wobbling 1 of 3

adjective

variants also wabbling

as in shaking

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

her wobbling gait is due to Parkinson's disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaking
• trembling
• trembly
• quivering
• shuddering
• shaky
• wobbly
• shivering
• tottering
• quaking
• tremulous
• atremble
• quavery
• shuddery
• tottery
• unsteady
• aquiver
• throbbing
• convulsive
• wavering
• shivery
• rocky
• unstable
• pulsating
• palpitating
• wavery
• staggery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stable
• steady
• controlled
• firm
• settled

wobbling

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noun

variants also wabbling

as in hesitation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action

the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitation
• pause
• hesitancy
• hesitance
• delay
• faltering
• wavering
• indecision
• vacillation
• irresolution
• uncertainty
• deliberation
• waiting
• fence-sitting
• shilly-shallying
• doubt
• shilly-shally
• hawing
• procrastination
• reluctance
• second thought
• indecisiveness
• debate
• consideration
• indetermination
• incertitude
• avoidance
• arrière-pensée
• misgiving
• indisposition
• unwillingness
• uncertainness
• timidity
• equivocation
• faintheartedness
• shyness
• disinclination
• timidness
• aversion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• determination
• confidence
• resolution
• certainty
• firmness
• certitude
• readiness
• decisiveness
• sureness
• eagerness
• resoluteness
• alacrity

wobbling

3 of 3

verb

variants also wabbling

present participle of wobble

1

as in jerking

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaking
• jerking
• shuddering
• quivering
• vibrating
• trembling
• shivering
• swaying
• jiggling
• twitching
• quaking
• convulsing
• jolting
• juddering
• agitating
• swinging
• jouncing
• flickering
• rocking
• throbbing
• joggling
• waving
• fluttering
• bucketing
• chattering
• quavering
• fluctuating
• wavering
• thrilling
• oscillating
• pulsing
• undulating
• pulsating
• palpitating
• doddering
• beating
• pitter-pattering
• pit-a-patting

2

as in lurching

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurching
• swaying
• rocking
• shaking
• rolling
• jerking
• vibrating
• tossing
• halting
• careening
• tumbling
• faltering
• seesawing
• tottering
• wavering
• stumbling
• waddling
• vacillating
• pitching
• staggering
• hobbling
• floundering
• blundering
• reeling
• weaving
• teetering
• jolting
• oscillating
• bucking
• hitching
• toddling
• undulating
• doddering
• waggling
• wagging

3

as in hesitating

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitating
• faltering
• wavering
• vacillating
• dithering
• staggering
• balancing
• waiting
• debating
• teetering
• halting
• hanging back
• swaying
• pausing
• scrupling
• lingering
• shilly-shallying
• delaying
• hawing
• dawdling
• procrastinating
• pondering
• oscillating
• weighing
• hemming
• deliberating
• backing down
• waffling
• equivocating
• considering
• dallying
• hedging
• chickening (out)
• pussyfooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plunging (in)
• deciding
• diving (in)
• stirring
• continuing
• advancing
• budging

4

as in faltering

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side

the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faltering
• trembling
• shaking
• rocking
• shuddering
• lurching
• tottering
• wavering
• vibrating
• quivering
• teetering
• stumbling
• quaking
• floundering
• toddling
• staggering
• quavering
• reeling
• weaving
• careening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wobbling

Noun

During testing, the creator found that the stock connection caused excessive wobbling while driving, leading to the development of a custom dual-rod mechanism designed to stabilize head movement. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026

Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026

That wobbling can allow Arctic air from the troposphere — or contained within the polar jet stream — to move elsewhere. — Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026

Moving over to the balance beam, the Bruins struggled at the start, with Matthews falling and Sumanasekera wobbling. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026

Most exoplanetary discoveries instead arise through far more indirect means, such as the dip in a star’s light caused by a world passing between its sun and our telescope or the tiny wobbling of a star caused by an orbiting planet’s gravitational tug. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025

Verb

The longer uncertainty lingers, the more risk there is for stocks at a moment when the market leaders, chipmakers, are wobbling. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

The plate currently featured front and center, SpaceX, has been wobbling after an underwhelming IPO. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 July 2026

Along the way, LePage fills the film with imaginative emotional landmarks from the Island of the Flakes to the Kind Heart Outlet and whimsical visual metaphors, including a wobbling mound of Jell-O that becomes an unlikely symbol of resilience. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 June 2026

Part of this has to do with clay's ability to lock in moisture, but clay soils also anchor Brussels sprout roots more firmly to the ground and prevents plants from wobbling about. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Art schools, like all schools, are wobbling under the illogic of the cost-benefit math. — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Your calm precision can keep the whole plan from wobbling. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026

The movement feels smooth, and the hinge can be held at almost any angle without wobbling. — ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026

Mikael Granlund’s goal was an unfortunate hop, and the third goal, which was scored by Ian Moore, was a wobbling slap shot through hordes of traffic. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 12 May 2026