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tottering |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb totter Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb totter Entailment of verb totter Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb totter 3 senses of totter Sense 1 totter => careen, sway, wobble, shift, tilt Sense 2 toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle => walk Sense 3 teeter, seesaw, totter => move Familiarity of verb totter totter used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb totter Sense 1 totter => careen, sway, wobble, shift, tilt -------------- Sense 2 toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle => walk -------------- Sense 3 teeter, seesaw, totter => move -------------- Overview of verb totter The verb totter has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) totter -- (move without being stable, as if threatening to fall) 2. toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle -- (walk unsteadily, as of small children) 3. teeter, seesaw, totter -- (move unsteadily, with a rocking motion) Overview of adj tottering The adj tottering has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) tottering, tottery -- (unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man") 2. tottering -- ((of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire") Antonyms of adj tottering 2 senses of tottering Sense 1 tottering, tottery INDIRECT (VIA unsteady) -> steady Sense 2 tottering INDIRECT (VIA unstable) -> stable Similarity of adj tottering 2 senses of tottering Sense 1 tottering, tottery => unsteady (vs. steady) Sense 2 tottering => unstable (vs. stable) Attributes of adj tottering Familiarity of adj tottering tottering used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tottering tottering Overview of verb totter The verb totter has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) totter -- (move without being stable, as if threatening to fall) 2. toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle -- (walk unsteadily, as of small children) 3. teeter, seesaw, totter -- (move unsteadily, with a rocking motion) Overview of adj tottering The adj tottering has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) tottering, tottery -- (unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man") 2. tottering -- ((of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire")
tottering definition