WOBBLE Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈwä-bəl

variants also wabble

Definition of wobble

as in to shake

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 to sway

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

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as in to hesitate

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 to falter

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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wobble

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noun

variants also wabble

as in tremor

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Recent Examples of wobble

Verb

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 But things are starting to wobble. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Noun

The secret to this climatic pendulum lies in Earth’s precession—that is, the wobble on its axis that completes a cycle roughly every 26,000 years (see also Milankovitch cycles). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 Cuckoo wobble, tuba walk, boing boing and the whistling thribble. — Christian Wiman, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for wobble

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobble

Verb

The iconic bunny costume moment, when Elle is tricked into showing up to a non-costume party wearing a Playboy bunny get-up, was the catalyst for exploring how Elle was able to shake that humiliation off.

— Scarlett Harris, IndieWire, 6 July 2026
This tournament has built credibility by showcasing teams competing at a high level, then shaking hands afterward.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of shake

Verb

Matz said Bay Point’s gate and its proximity to the Design District and downtown Miami swayed the buyers of the home at 790 Lake Rd.

— Catherine Odom July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Public support for Gantz, who had become the most favorable political figure among Israelis in the wake of October 7, declined rapidly for his failure to either sway Netanyahu’s decision-making or force early elections to replace him.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026

Definition of sway

Verb

And women who suspect their period pain is more severe than normal should not hesitate to speak with a health care provider, especially if symptoms are affecting their quality of life.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
In the second half, Freese stepped off his line to control a ball, hesitated, stubbed his foot against the ground, and lost the ball.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

Definition of hesitate

Verb

Current training methods, such as reinforcement learning, can produce robots that are very good at consistently performing a specific task under very specific conditions—but such robots may falter on the same task under different conditions.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Without this common utility, even the most complex of war machines will falter.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

Definition of falter

Verb

Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of jerk

Verb

Once, somewhere in southern Virginia, Dad performed the customary lurch off the highway in the direction of a promising barbecue counter.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
The same boom-and-bust dependency on the oil industry, whose profits were now funnelled through the regime and its allies, kept the country lurching from one crisis to the next.

— Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Definition of lurch

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