What is another word for up and down?
Pronunciation:
[ ˌʌp and dˈa͡ʊn], [ ˌʌp and dˈaʊn], [ ˌʌ_p a_n_d d_ˈaʊ_n]
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Similar words for up and down:
- capricious (adjective)
- irregular (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- plumb (adjective)
- supererogative (adjective)
- supererogatory (adjective)
- throughout (adjective)
- to and fro (adjective)
- up-and-down (adjective)
- vertical (adjective)
- wanton (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- all (adverb)
- back and forth (adverb)
- backward and forward (adverb)
- intensively (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- thoroughly (adverb)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Up and down:
adj.
• capricious (adjective)- gaga,
- YOYO,
- effervescent,
- unreasonable,
- blowing hot and cold,
- wayward,
- inconstant,
- odd,
- moody,
- fitful,
- crotchety,
- notional,
- flighty,
- every which way,
- helter-skelter,
- lubricious,
- mutable,
- queer,
- volatile,
- flaky,
- Punchy,
- careless,
- any way the wind blows,
- yo-yo,
- Humorsome,
- Vagarious,
- temperamental,
- variable,
- oddest,
- freakish,
- contrary,
- changeful,
- impulsive,
- erratic,
- ticklish,
- fanciful,
- quirky,
- unpredictable,
- mercurial,
- unstable,
- fickle,
- whimsical,
- arbitrary.
- indiscriminate,
- fluctuating,
- intermittent,
- unconsidered,
- discontinuous,
- occasional,
- infrequent,
- desultory,
- aberrant,
- recurrent,
- uncertain,
- jerky,
- casual,
- changeable,
- irregular,
- spasmodic,
- unreliable,
- hit-or-miss,
- shifting,
- patchy,
- Designless,
- unpunctual,
- out of order,
- unmethodical,
- faltering,
- fragmentary,
- weaving,
- aimless,
- unsystematic,
- unsettled,
- purposeless,
- unsteady,
- disconnected,
- nonuniform,
- eccentric,
- shaky,
- sporadic,
- haphazard.
- Supererogative,
- for the duration,
- inside and out,
- straight up,
- the end,
- from beginning to end,
- all through,
- capricious,
- the whole time,
- all the time,
- in everything,
- everyplace,
- hot and cold,
- in all respects,
- through the whole of,
- from start to finish,
- to and fro,
- from the start,
- from one end to the other,
- more completely,
- throughout,
- to the end,
- all over,
- every bit,
- right through,
- wanton,
- thriftless,
- from end to end,
- far and near,
- from the word go,
- whole time,
- on all accounts,
- at full length,
- in every place.
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)- in full,
- assiduously,
- solidly,
- in all,
- Undividedly,
- backwards and forwards,
- to the max,
- sweepingly,
- hook line and sinker,
- painstakingly,
- unremittingly,
- In Toto,
- thoroughly,
- from top to bottom,
- on all counts,
- in entirety,
- exhaustively,
- in and out,
- from pillar to post,
- comprehensively,
- all the way,
- conscientiously,
- in detail,
- through and through,
- heart and soul,
- the max,
- the limit,
- hugely,
- nth degree,
- strikingly,
- to the limit,
- from side to side.
adv.
• all (adverb) • back and forth (adverb) • backward and forward (adverb) • intensively (adverb) • Other relevant words: (adverb) • thoroughly (adverb)Other synonyms:
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•
- heaving,
- two-way,
- intensively.
-
•
- about.
How to use "Up and down" in context?
The phrase "up and down" usually means that someone's circumstances are changing frequently. Someone might be going through a period of comfort and then experience hardship, or they might be on the upswing and then have a difficult time. Regardless of the context, this phrase has meaning in a individual's life.
Following a period of upheaval and change, some people might find that their lives are going up and down more than usual. The highs might be high and the lows might be low, but both can provide an interesting perspective on life.
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