Careening

Synonyms for "careening" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Verb(3 words)

beveled bias biased broken canting capricious catchy choppy dangling desultory disconnected discontinuous eccentric fitful

Noun(1 words)

careen

Strong matches (27)

flickering fluctuating halting inclined inclining inconstant intermittent irregular jerky leaning lurching nonuniform patchy pitched pitching rambling

Verb(10 words)

heeling hurtle lean list listing lurch race rapidrapid declinereckless

Noun(1 words)

hurtling

Related words (45)

recumbent reeling rocking rolling rough scrappy sidelong slanted slanting sloping spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty staggering swaying swinging tipped tipping tipsy

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uncertain unequal uneven unmethodical unrhythmical unsettled unsteady unsystematic variable veering wandering wavering wobbly

Verb(11 words)

runaway motionscoot slant speed tilt tilting turmoil unchecked uncontrolled unrestrained upheaval

Noun(1 words)

tumbling

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More general

13 entries

motion move movementnautical operationorientation posture progressionship maintenancestate of motiontilt trajectory travel trend

More specific

20 entries

banking beachingcareening boatcareening budgetcareening buscareening expenditurescareening schedulecareening schoonercareening shipcareening traincareening vehiclehull cleaningleaning listingmarket downturnorganizational collapse

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Collocations

14 entries

careen across the deckcareen along the coastcareen down the roadcareen into a ditchcareen out of controlcareen toward disastercareening alongcareening hullcareening marketcareening shipcareening trajectorycareening vehiclecareening vesselcareening winds

Inflections

5 entries

careened careenings careensmore careeningmost careening

Derivations

3 entries

careen careener careeningly

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The most logical explanation for the telltale randomly oriented magnetic rock materials is the recurrent careenings of the globe.

Source: wiktionary

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