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

3 senses of totter

Sense 1
totter -- (move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table")
       => rock, sway, shake -- (move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet")

Sense 2
toddle, coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle -- (walk unsteadily; "small children toddle")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 3
teeter, seesaw, totter -- (move unsteadily, with a rocking motion)
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Antonyms of adj tottering

2 senses of tottering

Sense 1
tottering, tottery -- (unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man")

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")

Sense 2
tottering -- ((of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire")

INDIRECT (VIA unstable) -> stable -- (resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices")

Similarity of adj tottering

2 senses of tottering

Sense 1
tottering, tottery -- (unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man")
       => unsteady (vs. steady) -- (subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice")

Sense 2
tottering -- ((of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire")
       => 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")