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

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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

The swift rebound when a nation switches from a wobbling to hard currency is a scenario Hanke has witnessed many times before in his adventures as the Money Doctor. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Softening rather than stiffening when moving through space requires embracing your body’s natural sway and tiny micro-movements, like an ankle wobbling or knee jiggling. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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

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

In addition to rewards for moving at the right speed and in the right direction and penalties for things like wobbling or jerky movement, the team introduced a novel way to keep the hand in a crawling stance during the simulated training. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026

The thunder sound was a combination of wobbling window of shades of the ’40s to achieve that old school thunder sound that was layered in with some newer thunderclap sounds. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Which is troubling for buildings like 432 Park Avenue, a skyscraper made using white concrete that features heavily in The History of Concrete, wobbling in the wind. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

The House of Murphy is a juggernaut, but its foundation appears to be wobbling. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026

Noe negotiated with Li Shan in a pidgin mix of French, English, and Cantonese as the workers fanned out on the wobbling platform, slipping on the slick bodies and shells of the catch. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

If symptoms escalate to vomiting, wobbling or bright red gums, get to a veterinarian as quickly as possible. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

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