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un-steady
adjective as in insecure
adjective as in irregular
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aimless
- casual
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hit-or-miss
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- nonuniform
- occasional
- out of order
- patchy
- purposeless
- recurrent
- shaky
- spasmodic
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unmethodical
- unpunctual
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
adjective as in irresolute
adjective as in lopsided
adjective as in mobile
adjective as in movable
adjective as in moving
adjective as in perilous
adjective as in precarious
Strongest matches
adjective as in ramshackle
adjective as in restless
Strongest matches
adjective as in rickety
adjective as in rocky
adjective as in shaky
adjective as in shaky
adjective as in slack
adjective as in slaphappy
adjective as in slippery
adjective as in slippery
adjective as in ticklish
adjective as in tipsy
adjective as in unbalanced
adjective as in uneven
Weak matches
- asperous
- asymmetrical
- broken
- changeable
- craggy
- differing
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- fitful
- fluctuating
- harsh
- ill-matched
- intermittent
- jagged
- jerky
- leftover
- lopsided
- nonsymmetrical
- not flat
- not level
- not parallel
- notched
- off-balance
- one-sided
- overbalanced
- remaining
- rugged
- scabrous
- scraggy
- serrate
- spasmodic
- unfair
- unlevel
- unsmooth
- unsymmetrical
- variable
adjective as in unsettled
Strongest matches
adjective as in unsound
Strongest matches
adjective as in unstable/unsteady
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dizzy
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- suspect
- teetering
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsettled
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- variable
- volatile
- wavering
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in variable
adjective as in varying
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in volatile
adjective as in weak
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in wobbly
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in woozy
adjective as in changing
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in jumping
adjective as in unstable
Strongest matches
adjective as in vacillating
Strong matches
Weak match
adjective as in weakened
adjective as in unsteady
adjective as in wavering
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in changeable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitated
- commutative
- convertible
- fitful
- flighty
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mobile
- movable
- permutable
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unreliable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- versatile
- wavering
- whimsical
adjective as in dizzying
adjective as in reeling
Strong matches
adjective as in tottering
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tottery
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- variable
- volatile
- weak
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in tottering
adjective as in tottery
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dizzy
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- suspect
- teetering
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tottering
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsettled
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- variable
- volatile
- wavering
- weak
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in tottery
adjective as in transportable
adjective as in unquiet
Weak matches
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung-out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
adjective as in dizzy
Strong matches
adjective as in doddering
adjective as in fickle
adjective as in flighty
Strongest matches
adjective as in fluid
adjective as in giddy
Weak matches
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- capricious
- careless
- changeable
- changeful
- ditzy
- empty-headed
- erratic
- fickle
- flighty
- flustered
- frivolous
- heedless
- inconstant
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- lightheaded
- punchy
- reckless
- reeling
- scatterbrained
- slaphappy
- swimming
- thoughtless
- unbalanced
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- volatile
- whimsical
- whirling
- wild
adjective as in groggy
adjective as in harebrained
adjective as in insecure
adjective as in irregular
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aimless
- casual
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hit-or-miss
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- nonuniform
- occasional
- out of order
- patchy
- purposeless
- recurrent
- shaky
- spasmodic
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unmethodical
- unpunctual
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
adjective as in irresolute
adjective as in lopsided
adjective as in mobile
adjective as in movable
adjective as in moving
adjective as in perilous
adjective as in precarious
Strongest matches
adjective as in ramshackle
adjective as in restless
Strongest matches
adjective as in rickety
adjective as in rocky
adjective as in shaky
adjective as in shaky
adjective as in slack
adjective as in slaphappy
adjective as in slippery
adjective as in slippery
adjective as in ticklish
adjective as in tipsy
adjective as in unbalanced
adjective as in uneven
Weak matches
- asperous
- asymmetrical
- broken
- changeable
- craggy
- differing
- discrepant
- disparate
- disproportionate
- fitful
- fluctuating
- harsh
- ill-matched
- intermittent
- jagged
- jerky
- leftover
- lopsided
- nonsymmetrical
- not flat
- not level
- not parallel
- notched
- off-balance
- one-sided
- overbalanced
- remaining
- rugged
- scabrous
- scraggy
- serrate
- spasmodic
- unfair
- unlevel
- unsmooth
- unsymmetrical
- variable
adjective as in unsettled
Strongest matches
adjective as in unsound
Strongest matches
adjective as in unstable/unsteady
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dizzy
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- suspect
- teetering
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsettled
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- variable
- volatile
- wavering
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in variable
adjective as in varying
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in volatile
adjective as in weak
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in wobbly
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in woozy
adjective as in changing
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in jumping
adjective as in unstable
Strongest matches
adjective as in vacillating
Strong matches
Weak match
adjective as in weakened
adjective as in unsteady
adjective as in wavering
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in changeable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitated
- commutative
- convertible
- fitful
- flighty
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mobile
- movable
- permutable
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unreliable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- versatile
- wavering
- whimsical
adjective as in dizzying
adjective as in reeling
Strong matches
adjective as in tottering
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tottery
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- variable
- volatile
- weak
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in tottering
adjective as in tottery
Weak matches
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- dizzy
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- giddy
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- insecure
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- not fixed
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- suspect
- teetering
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tottering
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unsettled
- unsteady
- untrustworthy
- vacillating
- variable
- volatile
- wavering
- weak
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
adjective as in tottery
adjective as in transportable
adjective as in unquiet
Weak matches
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgeting
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung-out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
adjective as in dizzy
Strong matches
adjective as in doddering
adjective as in fickle
adjective as in flighty
Strongest matches
adjective as in fluid
adjective as in giddy
Weak matches
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- capricious
- careless
- changeable
- changeful
- ditzy
- empty-headed
- erratic
- fickle
- flighty
- flustered
- frivolous
- heedless
- inconstant
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- lightheaded
- punchy
- reckless
- reeling
- scatterbrained
- slaphappy
- swimming
- thoughtless
- unbalanced
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- volatile
- whimsical
- whirling
- wild
adjective as in groggy
adjective as in harebrained
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On this page you'll find 2028 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to un-steady, such as: capricious, erratic, intermittent, jerky, sporadic, and uneven.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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