Synonyms for wild card
wild card

Princeton's WordNet

1. wild cardnoun

   an unpredictable factor

   "the weather was a wild card"

2. wild cardnoun

   a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it

Matched Categories

1. • Factor
   • Playing Card

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1. Hugh Tallents:

   I can see them getting bought out or taken private, but they wouldn't be interesting to big banks, Schwab or Morgan Stanley. A wild card could be PayPal.

2. Eugene Lindell:

   Stable to limited growth in output from Iraq would give some potential for an uptick in prices - if it were not for Iran, libya is another big wild card.

3. The Atlantic Molly Ball:

   It's a real wild card in the House whether (Speaker John) Boehner is going to be empowered by this larger majority or whether they're going to be a bigger thorn in his side in the way we've seen in the past, so as we look to whether the relative harmony and lack of drama of this lame-duck period can continue in the new Congress, I think that's going to be a major factor.

4. Guthrie Police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs:

   When that happens, of course, we call in a company that deals with that specifically, and it's taken safely into possession, the uranium is the wild card in that situation.

5. Leon Campbell:

   I'll be more interested in this (royal baby) because Harry is the cool one, ... he's the wild card, he's the ginger one.