unsteady

1. 1.

   subject to change or variation

   “her unsteady walk”

   “his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine”

   “an unsteady voice”

   Antonymssteady

   Similararrhythmicconvulsivefalteringflickeringfluctuatingpalpitantshakyquavering
2. 2.

   not firmly or solidly positioned

   “climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder”

   “an unfirm stance”

   Synonymsunfirm

   Similarunfixed

Questions about unsteady

What does unsteady mean?

unsteady means "subject to change or variation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unsteady?

unsteady has 3 syllables: un-stead-y. The stress falls on "stead". In IPA it is /ənˈstɛdi/.

What is another word for unsteady?

Close synonyms include unfirm. 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.

What is the opposite of unsteady?

The recorded antonyms are steady.

Is unsteady a common word?

unsteady 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.

What rhymes with unsteady?

1 word rhymes with unsteady. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.