variants
also wabbly
as in shaking
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
all wobbly from the chills associated with the flu
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of wobbly
High financing costs, a wobbly economy, flat rents and overbuilding in certain markets nudged many other developers to cancel or delay rental projects.
—
Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
And yet, Milei’s political future—and the future of his reforms—remains wobbly.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in inflation and a sharp slowdown of hiring, fresh data on Friday showed.
—ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
The film’s greatest feat isn’t its wobbly characterizations, but its setting — the stretches of strip malls and chain businesses that make up most of America but rarely get showcased onscreen so thoughtfully.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Besides a brief demo showing the new robot undergoing a wobbly calibration, the action comes exclusively from older Figure 02s.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Then came a wobbly ball on his first pass to a receiver.
—Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
This is the bright-side scenario of course, one that would require the recent wobbly action in consumer cyclicals and consumer-credit names to reverse or at least get no worse.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Heat players tell war stories of wobbly knees.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
And yet, Milei’s political future—and the future of his reforms—remains wobbly.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in inflation and a sharp slowdown of hiring, fresh data on Friday showed.
—ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
The film’s greatest feat isn’t its wobbly characterizations, but its setting — the stretches of strip malls and chain businesses that make up most of America but rarely get showcased onscreen so thoughtfully.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Besides a brief demo showing the new robot undergoing a wobbly calibration, the action comes exclusively from older Figure 02s.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Then came a wobbly ball on his first pass to a receiver.
—Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
This is the bright-side scenario of course, one that would require the recent wobbly action in consumer cyclicals and consumer-credit names to reverse or at least get no worse.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Heat players tell war stories of wobbly knees.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbly
trembly
Adjective
-
That week’s host, Emily Blunt, did the trembly voice-over.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2020
Cite this Entry
“Wobbly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobbly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share