Synonyms for fluctuant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fluhk-choo-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌk tʃu ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for fluctuant Other synonyms for the word fluctuant
- aberrant
- all aquiver
- anomalous
- aquake
- aquiver
- ashake
- betwixt and between
- borderline
- capricious
- chancy
- changeable
- conditional
- contingent
- countless
- dangerous
- defenseless
- desultory
- devious
- dicey
- difficult
- directionless
- doubtful
- erratic
- exposed
- faint-hearted
- faltering
- fitful
- flaky
- fluctuant
- fluky
- fly-by-night
- frightened
- hazardous
- idiosyncratic
- iffy
- immature
- immeasurable
- immense
- impotent
- in a quandary
- in lap of gods
- incalculable
- incomputable
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- indecisive
- indeterminate
- ineffectual
- inestimable
- infinite
- infirm
- innumerable
- insecure
- insubstantial
- irregular
- irresolute
- jellylike
- jerry-built
- jillion
- jittery
- lacking
- laid-back
- loose
- meandering
- measureless
- mercurial
- mistrustful
- nerveless
- nervous
- no end of
- no end to
- nomadic
- not set
- numberless
- oddball
- open
- open to attack
- palsied
- peculiar
- perilous
- planetary
- powerless
- precarious
- problematic
- problematical
- quaking
- quivery
- rambling
- rattletrap
- rickety
- rocky
- rootless
- roving
- shaking
- shaky
- shifting
- skeptical
- soft
- spasmodic
- speculative
- spineless
- strange
- stray
- suspicious
- teetering
- tender
- ticklish
- timorous
- tottering
- tottery
- touch and go
- touchy
- tremorous
- tremulous
- tricky
- tumbledown
- unassured
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconfident
- unconvinced
- uncountable
- undecided
- undependable
- undirected
- uneven
- unfirm
- unfixed
- unforeseen
- unguarded
- unnatural
- unpredictable
- unprotected
- unreckonable
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsettled
- unshielded
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- untold
- untrustworthy
- untrusty
- unusual
- up for grabs
- up in the air
- vacillating
- vagarious
- variable
- vast
- volatile
- vulnerable
- wavering
- wavy
- wayward
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weird
- whimsical
- wiggling
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- without number
- wobbly
- yielding
- zero
- zillion
Définition of fluctuant
Origin :- 1550s, from Latin fluctuantem (nominative fluctuans), present participle of fluctuare "to move in waves" (see fluctuation).
- As in incalculable : adj countless, limitless
- As in insecure : adj dangerous, precarious
- As in shaky : adj trembling
- As in unsure : adj doubtful, insecure
- As in weak : adj cowardly
- As in wobbly : adj shaky
- As in chancy : adj dangerous, risky
- As in incomputable : adj incalculable
- As in measureless : adj incalculable
- As in tottering : adj insecure
- As in tottery : adj insecure
- As in uncountable : adj incalculable
- As in dicey : adj risky
- As in erratic : adj unpredictable; wandering
- As in iffy : adj uncertain
- She seemed to be clothed in fluctuant light, and yet it could not dim one radiance of her beauty.
- Extract from : « "Persons Unknown" » by Virginia Tracy
- With fluctuant blackness against immutable blackness great sweeping pine trees swished weirdly into the horizon.
- Extract from : « Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Put forth thy wings, thy coronals of Love, wrap thee with fluctuant Winds and exulting Seas!
- Extract from : « The Masque of the Elements » by Herman Scheffauer
- And the fluctuant oceans plume on plume Bears down to a rock-ribbed hidden doom, And the sky is ashen gray.
- Extract from : « Trench Ballads and Other Verses » by Erwin Clarkson Garrett
- Brown is fluctuant; he once lay at a woman's house in Pemlicoe, Dublin.
- Extract from : « Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850 » by Various
Antonyms for fluctuant
- able
- balanced
- believing
- bold
- bounded
- brave
- calculable
- calm
- capable
- certain
- clear
- common
- concentrated
- confident
- consistent
- countable
- definite
- dependable
- determined
- easy
- even
- firm
- fit
- guarded
- happy
- indubious
- limited
- little
- loud
- measurable
- minute
- noisy
- normal
- not dangerous
- potent
- predictable
- protected
- reasonable
- regular
- reliable
- safe
- secure
- sensible
- small
- sound
- stable
- standard
- steadfast
- steady
- strong
- sufficient
- sure
- thick
- tiny
- tried
- trustworthy
- trusty
- unchanging
- undoubted
- unshaky
- unwavering
- usual
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