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more fluctuating
adjective as in inconstant
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 mercurial
Strongest matches
adjective as in periodic
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in spotty
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 unpredictable
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 wanton
Strongest matches
adjective as in zigzag
adjective as in unstable
Strongest matches
adjective as in ranging
Strong matches
adjective as in swinging
Strongest match
adjective as in wavering
adjective as in wavy
Weak matches
adjective as in mutable
adjective as in unsteady
adjective as in vacillating
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 supererogative
Weak matches
- capricious
- changeable
- devil-may-care
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- free
- frivolous
- gratuitous
- heedless
- hot-and-cold
- immoderate
- inconstant
- intemperate
- lavish
- outrageous
- prodigal
- profuse
- rash
- reckless
- spendthrift
- spoiled
- supererogatory
- thriftless
- uncalled-for
- unfettered
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- up and down
- variable
- volatile
- wasteful
- whimsical
- wild
adjective as in supererogatory
Weak matches
- capricious
- changeable
- devil-may-care
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- free
- frivolous
- gratuitous
- heedless
- hot-and-cold
- immoderate
- inconstant
- intemperate
- lavish
- outrageous
- prodigal
- profuse
- rash
- reckless
- spendthrift
- spoiled
- supererogative
- thriftless
- uncalled-for
- unfettered
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- up and down
- variable
- volatile
- wasteful
- whimsical
- wild
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 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 faithless
Weak matches
adjective as in ambivalent
adjective as in fitful
adjective as in fluid
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If any gentleman here has ever possessed a more fluctuating investment I should like to hear it.
No, Mademoiselle, we were speaking of an element even more fluctuating than American population.
It is well known to us all, that nothing is more fluctuating than the value of slaves.
It is something more fluctuating and discursive than that—at any rate, for every one young enough not to-6- have set and hardened.
But the process of learning is still more fluctuating and still more dependent upon chance than the process of teaching.
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On this page you'll find 1070 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fluctuating, such as: contradictory, doubtful, equivocal, hesitant, mixed, and uncertain.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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