What is another word for rickety?
574 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɪkɪti], [ ɹˈɪkɪti], [ ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ɪ_t_i]
The word "rickety" is often used to describe something that is unstable or in a state of disrepair. Synonyms for this word include shaky, unstable, wobbly, unsteady, decrepit, rundown, dilapidated, ramshackle, insecure, and fragile. Each of these words conveys a slightly different nuance or level of severity when describing something that is in poor physical condition. For example, "shaky" may suggest a temporary or easily fixable issue, while "unstable" implies a more serious and potentially dangerous problem. Choosing the right synonym for "rickety" can help to clarify the severity of a situation or the condition of an object, and can aid in clear communication.
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Similar words for rickety:
- feeble (adjective)
- jerry-built (adjective)
- lank (adjective)
- ramshackle (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- shaky (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- decrepit (adjective)
- dilapidated (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- insecure (adjective)
- laid-up (adjective)
- rickety (adjective)
- rocky (adjective)
- run-down (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- unsound (adjective)
- unstable (adjective)
- unstable/unsteady (adjective)
- unsteady (adjective)
- wobbly (adjective)
- dilapidated
- flimsy
- ill
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Rickety:
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adj.
• feeble- ailing ,
- debilitated ,
- doddering ,
- faint ,
- feeble ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- infirm ,
- powerless ,
- run down ,
- sickly ,
- soft .
- Fleshless ,
- all skin and bones ,
- thin as a rail ,
- thin as rail ,
- all skin bones ,
- more fleshless ,
- most fleshless .
- aged ,
- bedraggled ,
- crippled ,
- effete ,
- haggard ,
- incapacitated ,
- old ,
- quavering ,
- seedy ,
- shaking ,
- superannuated ,
- tacky ,
- threadbare ,
- tired ,
- used ,
- weather-beaten ,
- worn ,
- worn-out .
- crumbly ,
- crummy ,
- damaged ,
- dingy ,
- faded ,
- impaired ,
- injured ,
- ratty ,
- raunchy ,
- rinky-dink ,
- unimproved ,
- unkempt .
- dizzy ,
- staggering ,
- ticklish ,
- tricky ,
- unwell .
- abandoned ,
- below par ,
- deserted ,
- desolate ,
- drained ,
- enervated ,
- fatigued ,
- forsaken ,
- frowzy ,
- peaked ,
- tattered ,
- uncared-for ,
- under the weather ,
- weary .
- Degenerated ,
- bare ,
- deteriorating ,
- disreputable ,
- frayed ,
- mangy ,
- mean ,
- miserable ,
- pitiful ,
- poverty-stricken ,
- ragged ,
- ruinous ,
- scruffy ,
- squalid ,
- wretched .
- dis eased ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis-eased ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in curable ,
- in disposed ,
- in valid ,
- in-curable ,
- in-disposed ,
- in-valid ,
- more declining ,
- more hospitalized ,
- more infected ,
- more qualmish ,
- more suffering ,
- most declining ,
- most hospitalized ,
- most infected ,
- most qualmish ,
- most suffering ,
- sick as dog ,
- sickest ,
- under medication .
- gangling ,
- more attenuate ,
- more attenuated ,
- more beanpole ,
- more beanstalk ,
- more featherweight ,
- more pinched ,
- more shadow ,
- more shriveled ,
- more twiglike ,
- more undernourished ,
- most attenuate ,
- most attenuated ,
- most beanpole ,
- most beanstalk ,
- most featherweight ,
- most pinched ,
- most shadow ,
- most shriveled ,
- most twiglike ,
- most undernourished ,
- polest ,
- reedier ,
- reediest ,
- scraggier ,
- stalkier ,
- stalkiest ,
- stickest ,
- stilt ,
- stilter ,
- stiltest ,
- threadlike ,
- under nourished ,
- under weight ,
- under-nourished ,
- under-weight .
- de ranged ,
- de-ranged ,
- in accurate ,
- in congruous ,
- in correct ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- more unbacked ,
- most unbacked ,
- not solid ,
- un backed ,
- un hinged ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un-backed ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-hinged ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- in consistent ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-constant ,
- more fluctuating ,
- more teetering ,
- more weaving ,
- most teetering ,
- most weaving ,
- mutable ,
- un predictable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un-predictable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- unsteadiest ,
- wigglier ,
- wiggliest .
Other synonyms:
- dangerous ,
- ramshackle ,
- tottering ,
- tottery .
- unsteady .
- flexible .
Other relevant words:
- sick .
- Chlorotic ,
- Club-footed ,
- Crumbling ,
- Debile ,
- Decaying ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Disintegrating ,
- Doddered ,
- Dwarfed ,
- Lumping ,
- Phthisic ,
- Pleuritic ,
- Pocky ,
- Podagric ,
- Rattletrap ,
- Ricketish ,
- Simous ,
- Tabetic ,
- Tabid ,
- Teetering ,
- Tumorous ,
- Unsecure ,
- adrift ,
- afloat ,
- aguish ,
- allergic ,
- anaemic ,
- anemic ,
- anile ,
- antiquated ,
- apoplectic ,
- arthritic ,
- askew ,
- automobile ,
- awkward ,
- bagging ,
- baggy ,
- bandy ,
- bandy-legged ,
- banger ,
- battered ,
- beyond repair ,
- bilious ,
- blemished ,
- bloated ,
- boneshaker ,
- bowlegged ,
- breakable ,
- brittle ,
- broken ,
- broken-down ,
- cancerous ,
- carcinogenic ,
- chancy ,
- cheap ,
- chintzy ,
- clear ,
- clumsy ,
- cockeyed ,
- colicky ,
- consumptive ,
- coseismal ,
- coward ,
- crabbed ,
- crank ,
- cranky ,
- creaking ,
- creaky ,
- crybaby ,
- dainty ,
- dangling ,
- decayed ,
- defaced ,
- defective ,
- deformed ,
- delicate ,
- derelict ,
- destroyed ,
- diabetic ,
- dicey ,
- dicky ,
- difficult ,
- dilapidated ,
- disfigured ,
- doddery ,
- dodgy ,
- doormat ,
- dotty ,
- doubtful ,
- drooping ,
- dropsical ,
- dubious ,
- dying ,
- dyspeptic ,
- easy ,
- edematous ,
- elderly person ,
- encephalitic ,
- epileptic ,
- exhausted ,
- failing ,
- fallible ,
- falling apart ,
- falling down ,
- falling to pieces ,
- faulty ,
- flapping ,
- flatfooted ,
- floating ,
- fossilized ,
- frangible ,
- free ,
- gawky ,
- gerontal ,
- gerontic ,
- gimcrack ,
- gingerbread ,
- graceless ,
- groggy ,
- gross ,
- grotesque ,
- hairy ,
- hanging ,
- hazardous ,
- heap ,
- hulking ,
- hulky ,
- hypertensive ,
- iffy ,
- ill ,
- ill-made ,
- ill-proportioned ,
- ill-shaped ,
- imperfect ,
- in disrepair ,
- in ruins ,
- inadequate ,
- inelegant ,
- insecure ,
- insubstantial ,
- invertebrate ,
- jalopy ,
- junker ,
- knock-kneed ,
- laid up ,
- lame ,
- lank ,
- lax ,
- leg ,
- leprous ,
- light ,
- loose ,
- lopsided ,
- luetic ,
- lumbering ,
- lumpish ,
- makeshift ,
- malarial ,
- malformed ,
- malignant ,
- marred ,
- measly ,
- milksop ,
- milquetoast ,
- misbegotten ,
- misproportioned ,
- misshapen ,
- monstrous ,
- mossbacked ,
- moth-eaten ,
- mutilated ,
- neglected ,
- nephritic ,
- neuralgic ,
- neuritic ,
- old man ,
- out of shape ,
- palsied ,
- paralytic ,
- perilous ,
- person ,
- pigeon-toed ,
- pneumonic ,
- poor ,
- precarious ,
- pug-nosed ,
- quaking ,
- questionable ,
- quivering ,
- rachitic ,
- raddled ,
- relaxed ,
- rheumatic ,
- risky ,
- rocky ,
- rootless ,
- rotten ,
- rough ,
- ruined ,
- rusty ,
- sapless ,
- scorbutic ,
- scrofulous ,
- seismic ,
- senile ,
- sensitive ,
- shabby ,
- shaky ,
- shriveled ,
- shrivelled ,
- slack ,
- sleazy ,
- slight ,
- sloppy ,
- snub-nosed ,
- spidery ,
- spindly ,
- splayfoot ,
- streaming ,
- stricken in years ,
- stumpy ,
- swaybacked ,
- syphilitic ,
- talipedic ,
- tatty ,
- thin ,
- timeworn ,
- truncated ,
- tubercular ,
- tuberculous ,
- tumorigenic ,
- unanchored ,
- unbound ,
- uncertain ,
- undone ,
- unfastened ,
- unfixed ,
- unhealthy ,
- unreliable ,
- unsafe ,
- unsound ,
- unstable ,
- unstuck ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unsure ,
- untied ,
- vacillating ,
- wasted ,
- wavering ,
- weakling ,
- weakly ,
- withered ,
- wizened ,
- wobbling ,
- wobbly ,
- wonky .
- Fluctuant ,
- Qualmish ,
- Stalky ,
- Wabbly ,
- beanstalk ,
- beat-up ,
- broken down ,
- chiffon ,
- creakier ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- decrepit ,
- dog-eared ,
- down at the heel ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- fallen-in ,
- featherweight ,
- flawed ,
- flimsy ,
- gone to seed ,
- hospitalized ,
- house of cards ,
- in a bad way ,
- in firm ,
- in poor health ,
- laid-up ,
- not fixed ,
- not so hot ,
- open to attack ,
- out of condition ,
- papery ,
- poler ,
- reedy ,
- rinkydink ,
- run-down ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- scrubby ,
- sick as a dog ,
- slummier ,
- slummy ,
- sticker ,
- tippy ,
- twiggy ,
- twiglike ,
- unbacked ,
- uncared for ,
- undernourished ,
- unshielded ,
- untended ,
- used up ,
- used-up ,
- weak ,
- weatherbeaten ,
- weedy ,
- wiggly ,
- wornout ,
- worse for wear .
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How to use "Rickety" in context?
Rickety is a word that is often used to describe something that is not particularly strong or sturdy. This word can be used to describe a staircase, a chair, or even a person's health. It is important to remember that this word is often used ironically, as in: "This staircase is really rickety." This meaning can be seen in the following examples.
Homophones for Rickety:
- reset, resect, rescued, roquette, residue, rhizoid, reseda, russet, resuscitated, rose-cheeked, rau-sed, rushed, recede, reseed, ricotta, roasted, restitute, reject, rushdie, ricochet, rejected, regicide, rough cut, resist, rosette, rust, right away, rest day, Rasht, recast, rested, resid, roseate, rag day, restate, rough-cut, rest, rogue state, racist, richweed, rig out, ragout, rusted, reach out, risotto, racket, razed, rock-steady, rossetti, rectitude, rush out, roughshod, rigid, roget, roast, rigidity, racquet, requiescat, raised, rosita, rigged, rosewood, recessed, reshoot, rosy-cheeked, rouged, rare-roasted, Resht, rachet, rheostat, rusty, rasta, res gestae, Rico Act, request, rockweed, recite, rugged, roost, rackety, rye ergot, requested, ragweed, regatta, reseat, right-eyed, ragged, recto, rough out, react, rocket, requite, requisite, rajidae, recode, resuscitate, reside, rigout, roughcast, right, rosidae.
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