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Synonyms for fluctuate
ˈflʌk tʃuˌeɪtfluc·tu·ate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fluctuate
To fluctuate (Latin fluctus, a wave) is to move like a wave with alternate rise and fall. A pendulum oscillates; waves fluctuate or undulate; a light or a flame wavers; a frightened steed swerves from his course; a tool or weapon swerves from the mark or line; the temperature varies; the wind veers when it suddenly changes its direction. That which veers may steadily hold the new direction; that which oscillates, fluctuates, undulates, or wavers returns upon its way. As regards mental states, he who hesitates sticks (Latin hærere) on the verge of decision; he who wavers does not stick to a decision; he who vacillates decides now one way, and now another; one vacillates between contrasted decisions or actions; he may waver between decision and indecision, or between action and inaction. Persons hesitate, vacillate, waver; feelings fluctuate or vary. Compare SHAKE.
Synonyms:
hesitate, oscillate, swerve, undulate, vacillate, vary, veer, waverAntonyms:
abide, adhere, hold fast, persist, stand fast, stay, stick
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Princeton's WordNet
fluctuateverb
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
fluctuate, vacillate, waververb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
Synonyms:
quaver, waver, hesitate, falter, flicker, waffle, weave, flitter, quiver, flutter, hover, vibrate, oscillate, vacillatefluctuateverb
be unstable
"The stock market fluctuates"
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Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fluctuateverb
Synonyms:
oscillate, be unsteady, rise and fall, move to and fro, move up and downfluctuateverb
Synonyms:
waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant
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#35564 | fluctuate | |
#37891 | flutter | |
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#44745 | vibrate | |
#56544 | falter | |
#60871 | swerve | |
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#76976 | oscillate | |
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How to use fluctuate in a sentence?
Former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb:
I think I was maybe posing in a way that made it seem like I was more thin than I really am, i do suffer from a thyroid problem and so that has been an issue for me, my weight can fluctuate.
We expect this number to fluctuate from year to year.
While our 2023 forecast anticipates ongoing inflation causing upward pressure on rates, recent favorable data has helped to pull mortgage rates down, as the economy weathers the easing in inflation, mortgage rates may continue to fluctuate in the short term, within the 6% to 7% range that we have seen over the past five months.
We believe that it will be competitive with oil-based products, but it would obviously take a longer time for us if the oil price stays at this level. But commodity prices fluctuate.
Former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb:
I do suffer from a thyroid problem and so that has been an issue for me, my weight can fluctuate.
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