unsteady

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.