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Synonyms for careen
kəˈrin
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Princeton's WordNet
rock, careen, sway, tilt(verb)
pitching dangerously to one side
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rock, disceptation, lean, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, inclination, sway, leaning, contention, joust, tilt, rock'n'roll, controversy, disputation, contestation, stone, rock music, argument, rock and roll, arguing, list, rock candystagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen(verb)
walk as if unable to control one's movements
"The drunken man staggered into the room"
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stagger, pitch, spin around, keel, gyrate, spin, droop, swag, tilt, shift, skunk, wobble, whirl, distribute, lurch, flag, prowl, sag, flounder, reelcareen, wobble, shift, tilt(verb)
move sideways or in an unsteady way
"The ship careened out of control"
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coggle, pitch, agitate, keel, switch, wobble, change, tip, lean, reposition, stir, swag, shift, tilt, cant over, stagger, lurch, shimmy, transfer, cant, angle, change over, reel, slant, budge, dislodge
Wiktionary
careen(verb)
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heelcareen(verb)
To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
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heelcareen(verb)
To tilt on one side.
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heelcareen(verb)
To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
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heelcareen(verb)
To tilt or lean while in motion.
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heelcareen(verb)
To career.
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heel
English Synonyms and Antonyms
careen
To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other; the words are closely similar, but tilt suggests more of fluctuation or instability. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. A vessel careens in the wind; lists, usually, from shifting of cargo, from water in the hold, etc. Careening is always toward one side or the other; listing may be forward or astern as well. To heel over is the same as to careen, and must be distinguished from "keel over," which is to capsize.
Synonyms:
cant, dip, heel over, incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Dictionary of English Synonymes
careen(v. a.)
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lay on one sidecareen(v. n.)
Synonyms:
lean to one side, incline to one side
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