tottering

1. 1.

   unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

   “a tottering skeleton of a horse”

   “a tottery old man”

   Synonymstottery

   Similarunsteady
2. 2.

   (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse

   “a tottering empire”

   Similarunstable

Questions about tottering

What does tottering mean?

tottering means "unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tottering?

tottering has 3 syllables: tot-te-ring. The stress falls on "tot". In IPA it is /ˈtɑtɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for tottering?

Close synonyms include tottery. 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 tottering a common word?

tottering 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.