Synonyms for shaky
ˈʃeɪ kishaky

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1. rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonkyadjective

   inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

   "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

   Synonyms:
   weak, infirm, askew, weakly, debile, precarious, skew-whiff, trembling, cockeyed, sapless, rachitic, lopsided, decrepit, awry(p), shivering, wobbly, feeble, wonky, rickety

   Antonyms:
   secure, steady, stable

2. shaky, shivering, tremblingadjective

   vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

   "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"

   Synonyms:
   wonky, shivering, precarious, wobbly, rickety, trembling

   Antonyms:
   stable, secure, steady

3. precarious, shakyadjective

   not secure; beset with difficulties

   "a shaky marriage"

   Synonyms:
   shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go, precarious

   Antonyms:
   stable, secure, steady

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1. shakyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsound (as timber), full of clefts

2. shakyadjective

   Synonyms:
   shaking, trembling

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1. shakyadjective

   Synonyms:
   trembling, shaking, unsound, tottering

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1. List of paraphrases for "shaky":

   fragile, unstable, precarious, weak, uncertain, volatile, bumpy

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1. Will Trump:

   The incoming administration will take office just as the latest ObamaCare enrollment tally comes in, delivering a potentially crucial verdict about the still-shaky healthcare marketplaces …. The Obama administration has struggled for several years to bring young, healthy people into the marketplaces, which is needed to offset the medical costs of older and sicker customers. These problems are coming to light this year, as insurers get their first full look at ObamaCare customer data. Some, like UnitedHealth Group, say they’ve seen enough, and are already vowing to leave the exchanges …. experts warn that if the numbers don’t improve this year, more insurers could bolt. That would deal a major blow to marketplace competition, while also driving up rates and keeping even more people out of the exchanges.

2. Sharon Cooper:

   The revelation of this video existing to us and it not being revealed to us throughout the duration of the case at all, what that does is that puts our trust in them and their credibility on shaky ground with regard to taking what they share with us at face value.

3. Collin Laverty:

   When you look at Havana, there are really four or five five-star hotels, then you get down to the four-star hotels and three-star hotels, and they get shaky.

4. Benjamin Lu:

   Shaky macroeconomic fundamentals and downward revisions by IEA on global oil demand has capped bullish gains, markets fear looser market fundamentals in the longer term.

5. Steve Smith:

   Mr. Zarauskas is a sporadically employed New Jersey construction worker who likes to go to flea markets, he was never present when a tusk crossed the border, and we think any suggestion that he knew the tusks were illegal is shaky.