Thesaurus:rickety

Thesaurus

rickety

English

Adjective

Sense: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep

Synonyms

• bockety (Ireland)
• bone-shaking (idiomatic)
• craichy
• cranky
• creaky
• creaking
• drooping
• flimsy
• precarious
• unsteady    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rickety
• rottletrap (British dialect)
• shackly (US, dated)
• shaky
• shoogly (British dialect)
• tottering
• tottersome
• unsafe
• unstable
• wobbly
• wonky (UK, Aus, NZ)

Antonyms

• firm
• resilient
• robust
• rugged
• safe    [⇒ thesaurus]
• secure
• solid
• stalwart
• stalworth (obsolete)
• stout
• strong
• sturdy
• unprecarious
• untottering
• well-built

Hypernyms

• fragile    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ramshackle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• weak    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rickety” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.