Antonyms of adj rickety
3 senses of rickety
Sense 1
rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky -- (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky")
INDIRECT (VIA unstable) -> stable -- (resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices")
Sense 2
rickety, rachitic -- (affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient")
INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well -- (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well")
Sense 3
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")
INDIRECT (VIA frail) -> robust -- (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial")
Similarity of adj rickety
3 senses of rickety
Sense 1
rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky -- (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky")
=> unstable (vs. stable) -- (lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy")
Sense 2
rickety, rachitic -- (affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient")
=> ill (vs. well), sick -- (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering")
Sense 3
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")
=> frail (vs. robust) -- (physically weak; "an invalid's frail body")