rickety

1. 1.

   inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

   “a rickety table”

   “a wobbly chair with shaky legs”

   “the ladder felt a little wobbly”

   “the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky”

   Synonymsshakywobblywonky

   Similarunstable
2. 2.

   affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

   “rickety limbs and joints”

   “a rachitic patient”

   Synonymsrachitic

   Similarill
3. 3.

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   “a feeble old woman”

   “her body looked sapless”

   Synonymsdecrepitdebilefeebleinfirmsaplessweakweakly

   Similarfrail

Questions about rickety

What does rickety mean?

rickety means "inclined to shake as from weakness or defect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rickety?

rickety has 3 syllables: ric-ke-ty. The stress falls on "ric". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪkəti/.

What is another word for rickety?

Close synonyms include shaky, wobbly, wonky, rachitic, decrepit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rickety a common word?

rickety is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.