Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fluctuate

3 senses of fluctuate

Sense 1
fluctuate -- (cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 2
fluctuate, vacillate, waver -- (move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated")
       => swing -- (alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down")

Sense 3
fluctuate -- (be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Antonyms of adj fluctuating

1 sense of fluctuating

Sense 1
fluctuating -- (having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices")

INDIRECT (VIA unsteady) -> steady -- (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer")

Similarity of adj fluctuating

1 sense of fluctuating

Sense 1
fluctuating -- (having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices")
       => unsteady (vs. steady) -- (subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice")

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