Synonyms for wobble
ˈwɒb əlwob·ble

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1. wobblenoun

   Synonyms:
   tremble, vibrato, shake, quaver, jiggle, tremolo, quiver, vacillate, shudder, waver, rock, falter, waffle, wiggle, judder

2. wobblenoun

   To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

   The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.

   Synonyms:
   quaver, jiggle, quiver, tremolo, tremble, shake, vibrato, judder, waver, waffle, vacillate, wiggle, shudder, rock, falter

3. wobblenoun

   To tremble or quaver.

   The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.

   Synonyms:
   tremble, tremolo, jiggle, quaver, vibrato, quiver, shake, vacillate, wiggle, waver, judder, falter, shudder, waffle, rock

4. wobbleverb

   To vacillate in one's opinions.

   I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.

   Synonyms:
   jiggle, vibrato, quiver, tremble, shake, tremolo, quaver, waffle, wiggle, waver, shudder, judder, vacillate, falter, rock

5. wobbleverb

   To cause to wobble.

   The boy wobbled the girl's bike.

   Synonyms:
   tremble, shudder, rock, waver, quiver, judder, vacillate, shake, waffle, wiggle, falter, jiggle, quaver

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1. wobbleverb

   an unsteady rocking motion

2. wobble, coggleverb

   move unsteadily

   "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street"

   Synonyms:
   dodder, shift, toddle, shimmy, totter, careen, paddle, waddle, coggle, tilt

3. careen, wobble, shift, tiltverb

   move sideways or in an unsteady way

   "The ship careened out of control"

   Synonyms:
   coggle, pitch, agitate, keel, careen, switch, change, tip, lean, reposition, stir, swag, shift, tilt, cant over, stagger, lurch, shimmy, transfer, cant, angle, change over, reel, slant, budge, dislodge

4. shimmy, wobbleverb

   tremble or shake

   "His voice wobbled with restrained emotion"

   Synonyms:
   shimmy, tilt, coggle, careen, shift

Matched Categories

1. • Move
   • Vibrate

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1. List of paraphrases for "wobble":

   oscillation, swing, roll, balancing

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How to use wobble in a sentence?

1. Alexian Lien:

   A motorcyclist pulls up in front of me, and he starts speeding up, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down, at a point where he slowed down too fast and I wasn't able to brake fast enough, so I tapped him. ... He didn't wobble, he didn't fall off his bike, continued.

2. Francois Chaulet:

   Flows are starting to wobble a bit but this is more of a pause for breath in the middle of earnings season, the rally is not yet in doubt.

3. Alexian Lien:

   A motorcyclist pulls up in front of me, and he starts speeding up, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down, at a point where he slowed down too fast and I wasn't able to break fast enough, so I tapped him... he didn't wobble, he didn't fall off his bike, continued.

4. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The politicians who forced Obamacare on the American people now have a choice: crow about Obamacare's latest wobble towards the edge, or work with us to address the ongoing negative impact of a 2,000-page law that continues to make life miserable for too many of the same people it purported to help.

5. James Butterfill:

   We're agnostic as to whether the rate rise will be September or November... the balance of probabilities suggests it might be September, so the markets are getting concerned about whether it will be correctly timed... (However) tightening monetary policy causes a bit of a wobble in equities, but it usually recovers.