Synonyms of wobbles

wobbles 1 of 2

verb

variants also wabbles

present tense third-person singular of wobble

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shakes
• shudders
• jerks
• vibrates
• quivers
• trembles
• jiggles
• shivers
• convulses
• sways
• twitches
• judders
• jolts
• joggles
• quakes
• agitates
• buckets
• swings
• jounces
• rocks
• flickers
• waves
• throbs
• flutters
• quavers
• chatters
• thrills
• wavers
• fluctuates
• oscillates
• undulates
• pulsates
• pulses
• dodders
• palpitates
• pitter-patters
• beats
• pit-a-pats

2

as in lurches

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

the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurches
• sways
• rocks
• shakes
• vibrates
• tosses
• jerks
• rolls
• halts
• seesaws
• careens
• tumbles
• falters
• totters
• wavers
• stumbles
• vacillates
• staggers
• waddles
• flounders
• jolts
• toddles
• hobbles
• weaves
• pitches
• teeters
• reels
• blunders
• oscillates
• undulates
• waggles
• hitches
• bucks
• dodders
• wags

3

as in hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitates
• falters
• vacillates
• wavers
• staggers
• debates
• waits
• dithers
• balances
• teeters
• hangs back
• halts
• pauses
• sways
• scruples
• lingers
• delays
• shilly-shallies
• haws
• dawdles
• weighs
• ponders
• oscillates
• procrastinates
• hems
• chickens (out)
• deliberates
• backs down
• equivocates
• dallies
• considers
• hedges
• waffles
• pussyfoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plunges (in)
• dives (in)
• decides
• stirs
• continues
• advances
• budges

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falters
• trembles
• shakes
• rocks
• shudders
• lurches
• wavers
• totters
• vibrates
• quivers
• teeters
• stumbles
• toddles
• staggers
• flounders
• quakes
• quavers
• reels
• weaves
• careens

wobbles

2 of 2

noun

variants also wabbles

plural of wobble

as in tremors

Related Words

• shakes
• tremors
• vibrations
• agitations
• jolts
• trembles
• fluctuations
• waves
• quakes
• shivers
• shudders
• oscillations
• quivers
• pulses
• pulsations
• flutters
• palpitations
• throbs
• beats

Example Sentences

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