Precariousness Synonyms and Antonyms

The quality or condition of being physically unsteady
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. instability
  2. ricketiness
  3. shakiness
  4. unstableness
  5. unsteadiness
  6. wobbliness
The quality or condition of being erratic and undependable
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insecureness
  2. insecurity
  3. instability
  4. shakiness
  5. uncertainty
  6. unstableness
  7. unsteadiness
  8. unsureness
  9. uncertainness
Antonyms:
  1. certainty

Words Related to Precariousness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Precariousness Sentence Examples

  • Hence the precariousness of the proofs derived from more or less close parallels to Johannine passages in the apostolic fathers.

  • Here the only point to be insisted upon is the extreme precariousness of the Swedish position from first to last - a precariousness due entirely to inadequacy of material resources.

  • But this theory is repudiated by the best authorities; indeed its extreme precariousness at once becomes evident when it is remembered that, now at least, it is usual for religious fasts to precede rather than to follow sacrificial and funeral feasts, if observed at all in connexion with these.