English adjective: tottering | |||
| 1. | tottering unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age | ||
| Samples | A tottering skeleton of a horse. A tottery old man. | ||
| Synonyms | tottery | ||
| Similar | unsteady | ||
| Antonyms | steady | ||
| 2. | tottering (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse | ||
| Samples | A tottering empire. | ||
| Similar | unstable | ||
| Antonyms | stable | ||