Fluctuate

//ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt//

Synonyms for "fluctuate" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

alternate ambivalent back and fill blow hot and cold bob bobble careen change chop and change coggle dangle dither doubt ebb and flow

Strong matches (21)

equivocate flicker flounder flutter go through phases hesitate intermit lack regularity librate lurch nutate oscillate pendulate pitch pulsate quake quaver quiver range recur

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reel

Related words (34)

resonate return reverse ring the changes rock roll seesaw shake shift shilly shally shilly-shally shuffle stagger swag sway swing teeter teeter totter teeter-totter tergiversate

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toss totter turn vacillate vary vibrate wag waggle wave waver wax and wane wobble

Verb(2 words)

vacillate waver

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

change state displace move swing turn

Related terms

2 entries

fluctuant fluctuation

derived

1 entries

cofluctuate

manner of

3 entries

change state move swing

related to

6 entries

fluctuant flux irresolute swing undulate waver

similar

2 entries

vacillate waver

Translations

38 translations across 15 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

варирам verb (to undulate)
двоумя се verb (to be irresolute; to waver)
колебая се verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
колебая се verb (to be irresolute; to waver)

Catalan

2 entries

fluctuar verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
fluctuar verb (to undulate)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

波動 /波动 verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Czech

1 entries

kolísat verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Finnish

4 entries

heilahdella verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
heilautella verb (to cause to vary irregularly)
heilutella verb (to cause to vary irregularly)
heitellä verb (to cause to vary irregularly)

French

2 entries

fluctuer verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
onduler verb (to undulate)

German

3 entries

(hin und her) schwanken verb (to be irresolute; to waver)
fluktuieren verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
schwanken verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Greek

2 entries

κυμαίνομαι verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
κυμαίνομαι verb (to undulate)

Hungarian

3 entries

hullámzik verb (to undulate)
ingadozik verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
ingadozik verb (to be irresolute; to waver)

Ido

1 entries

fluktuar verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Māori

2 entries

manei verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
mānenei verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Norwegian

2 entries

fluktuere verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
svinge verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

طالغهلانمق verb (to undulate)

Persian

1 entries

نوسان کردن verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Russian

4 entries

варьи́ровать verb (to undulate)
колеба́ть verb (to cause to vary irregularly)
колеба́ться verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)
меня́ться verb (to vary irregularly; to swing)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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The budget is bound to fluctuate due to the economy.

Source: tatoeba (868265)

Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.

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My courage and my resolution are firm; but my hopes fluctuate and my spirits are often depressed.

Source: tatoeba (5941917)

The temperature here can fluctuate wildly, even within the same day.

Source: tatoeba (6015055)

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