Synonyms for rickety
ˈrɪk ɪ tirick·ety

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1. rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonkyadjective

   inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

   "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

   Synonyms:
   weak, infirm, askew, shaky, weakly, debile, precarious, skew-whiff, trembling, cockeyed, sapless, rachitic, lopsided, decrepit, awry(p), shivering, wobbly, feeble, wonky

   Antonyms:
   stable, well, robust

2. rickety, rachiticadjective

   affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

   "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient"

   Synonyms:
   wobbly, debile, wonky, rachitic, weak, sapless, shaky, weakly, feeble, infirm, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   well, robust, stable

3. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weaklyadjective

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

   Synonyms:
   weak, watery, infirm, unaccented, washy, shaky, weakly, debile, woebegone, lame, rachitic, nerveless, run-down, wonky, imperfect, creaky, faint, frail, decrepit, light, fallible, flea-bitten, wobbly, feeble, derelict, sapless

   Antonyms:
   robust, well, stable

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1. ricketyadjective

   Synonyms:
   affected with the rickets

2. ricketyadjective

   Synonyms:
   shattered, broken, weak, tottering, crazy

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1. ricketyadjective

   Synonyms:
   ramshackle, dilapidated, tottering, crazy

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1. Vanna Bonta:

   Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.