What are some alternative words for unstable?
Synonyms for unstable
ʌnˈsteɪ bəl
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term unstable.
Princeton's WordNet
unstable(adj)
lacking stability or fixity or firmness
"unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
sane, firm, easy, lasting, stabilised, stabilized, resolute, unreactive, stable, unfluctuating, stabile, steady, unchangeableunstable(adj)
highly or violently reactive
"sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
stabilized, lasting, firm, stabile, unchangeable, easy, stable, steady, stabilised, resolute, unreactive, sane, unfluctuatingprecarious, unstable(adj)
affording no ease or reassurance
"a precarious truce"
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mentally ill, perilous, parlous, precarious, shaky, touch-and-go, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
stabilised, stable, lasting, unchangeable, unfluctuating, stabile, easy, stabilized, unreactive, steady, resolute, sane, firmmentally ill, unsound, unstable(adj)
suffering from severe mental illness
"of unsound mind"
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mentally ill, bad, unfit, fallacious, precarious, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
steady, easy, unreactive, lasting, resolute, firm, stabilised, sane, stabile, stable, unfluctuating, unchangeable, stabilizedunstable(adj)
disposed to psychological variability
"his rather unstable religious convictions"
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unsound, fluid, precarious, mentally illAntonyms:
resolute, lasting, sane, stabilized, unfluctuating, stabilised, stable, stabile, firm, unchangeable, steady, easy, unreactivefluid, unstable(adj)
subject to change; variable
"a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
Synonyms:
mentally ill, mobile, liquid, fluent, runny, smooth, precarious, unsound, fluidAntonyms:
firm, lasting, stable, stabile, resolute, steady, unfluctuating, unreactive, unchangeable, sane, easy, stabilised, stabilized
Wiktionary
unstable(adjective)
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
having a strong tendency to change
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
fluctuating; not constant
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
fickle
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
unpredictable
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
Readily decompasable
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instableAntonyms:
stableunstable(adjective)
Radioactive, especially with a short half-life
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instableAntonyms:
stable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
unstable
Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.
Synonyms:
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unsteadyAntonyms:
actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unstable(a.)
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UNSTEADY
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unstable(a)
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insecure, unsteady, irresolute, inconstant, erratic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unstable":
volatile, instability, unsettled, precarious, unsteady, shaky, fragile, destabilizing, uncertain, ever-shifting, labile, insecure, destabilization, stable, fluid
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#534 | mobile | |
#841 | bad | |
#3533 | liquid | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#3947 | stable | |
#5086 | fluid | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#14670 | instability | |
#15665 | risky | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#20530 | fluent | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#40835 | unsettled | |
#45989 | runny | |
#49479 | unsteady | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#63242 | destabilizing | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#79787 | labile | |
#82812 | destabilization | |
#200179 | instable | |
#243836 | parlous |
How to use unstable in a sentence?
These are mentally unstable people and there's not enough nurses, we do have a ticking time bomb.
The whole side of the hill has come down, the problem is, it's dark now, and it is still highly unstable.
Well I'm looking to do background checks. I think background checks are important. I don't want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hate.
To meet the huge challenge of feeding a burgeoning global population, using fewer resources, as our climate becomes increasingly unstable, we will need to use all of the tools at our disposal, be they social, political, economic or technological, regulatory reform is no longer merely an option, it is a necessity.
If you simply allow the Shiite Muslim political parties, the 60 % population of Iraq, to form a government, Shiite Muslim parties will continue to have an unstable northern Iraq where threats are incubated.
Translations for unstable
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- inestableCatalan, Valencian
- instabilGerman
- nestabilaEsperanto
- inestableSpanish
- ناپایدارPersian
- epävakaaFinnish
- instableFrench
- inestábel, inestableGalician
- अस्थिरHindi
- labilIndonesian
- ცვალებადი, არამყარიGeorgian
- ಅಸ್ಥಿರKannada
- takahuirangiMāori
- instabielDutch
- instávelPortuguese
- variabil, inconstant, instabilRomanian
- неусто́йчивыйRussian
- нопойдорTajik
- غیر مستحکمUrdu
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