States and conditions
Synonyms for shaky
Synonyms for shaky: trembling and wobbly. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for shaky
- tremblingadjective, in the sense "vibrating slightly and irregularly"
- wobblyadjective, in the sense "inclined to shake as from weakness or defect"
Two senses of shaky, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
vibrating slightly and irregularly
Seemed shaky on her feet.
The true synonym
trembling
Same sentence, swapped: Seemed trembling on her feet.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot shaky is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- precarious
- wonky
- treacherous
inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
The old table stood on shaky legs.
The true synonym
wobbly
Same sentence, swapped: The old table stood on wobbly legs.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where shaky stands in the sentence above.
- precarious
- agitated
- shifting
Where shaky turns up in the game
shaky is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where shaky is the trap
- dominantadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is commanding, in the sense "holding a commanding, superior position in a contest", and shaky is on the board beside it.
- feebleadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is faint, in the sense "lacking strength or vigor", with shaky sitting one tile away.
- treacherousadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is perfidious, in the sense "tending to betray", with shaky sitting one tile away.
Play shaky
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so shaky reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. shaky carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.