kilter

The word “kilter” has 2 syllables: kil-ter

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪl.tər/


What is synonym and antonym for kilter?

In the thesaurus, “kilter” has 3 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kilter along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kilter

  • condition
  • health
  • shape

Antonyms for kilter

  • disorder

Meanings of kilter

  • noun
    1. (usually in the negative) (Good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
    2. A hand of playing cards which is useless; a dead man's hand.

Example Sentences

  • After the incident, everything felt out of kilter, and I struggled to regain my focus.
  • The constant changes in the schedule threw our plans completely out of kilter.
  • She realized her emotions were a bit off kilter after the stressful week at work.
  • His sense of humor was often kilter, making it difficult for others to understand his jokes.
  • When the team is not working together, the project can go out of kilter and miss deadlines.

On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kilter, such as: condition, disorder, health, shape.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

damaged

  • abused
  • afflicted
  • aggrieved
  • annihilated
  • banged up
  • bashed
  • battered
  • beat-up
  • bent
  • blemished
  • blew out
  • blighted
  • bloodied
  • botched
  • broke
  • broken
  • bruised
  • busted
  • clobbered
  • compromised
  • contused
  • crabbed
  • creased
  • crippled
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  • did in
  • dinged
  • dinted
  • disabled
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  • down
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  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • eroded
  • flawed
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  • fouled-up
  • fragmental
  • fragmentary
  • gashed
  • glitched
  • gone
  • gored
  • grazed
  • half
  • halfway
  • hamstrung
  • harmed
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • imperfect
  • in need of repair
  • in poor condition
  • in smithereens
  • incomplete
  • injured
  • kaput
  • lacerated
  • laid up
  • lamed
  • loused up
  • maimed
  • maltreated
  • mangled
  • marred
  • messed-up
  • mucked up
  • mutilated
  • nicked
  • no-go
  • on the blink
  • on the fritz
  • out of action
  • out of kilter
  • out of whack
  • partial
  • pulverized
  • queered
  • razed
  • ruined
  • run-down
  • scalded
  • scarred
  • scathed
  • scoured
  • scourged
  • scraped
  • screwed-up
  • shattered
  • shot
  • sketchy
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  • snafued
  • spoiled
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  • strained
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  • tarnished
  • tore
  • tore down
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unassembled
  • uncompleted
  • undermined
  • unfinished
  • unsound
  • vitiated
  • washed out
  • wasted
  • weakened
  • wiped out
  • wounded
  • wrecked

keeping

  • abidance
  • abiding by
  • accession
  • accomplishing
  • achieving
  • acquiescence
  • adherence
  • administering
  • administrating
  • agreement
  • answering
  • arresting
  • attendance
  • attention
  • authority
  • averting
  • balance
  • battling
  • bearing
  • blessing
  • blocking
  • boasting
  • bridling
  • bringing about
  • bringing off
  • buffering
  • bulwarking
  • care
  • carrying on
  • carrying out
  • celebrating
  • cellaring
  • charge
  • checking
  • cherishing
  • claiming
  • co-directing
  • co-managing
  • codirecting
  • collaring
  • comanaging
  • command
  • commandeering
  • commanding
  • commemorating
  • committing
  • compassing
  • completing
  • compliance
  • concluding
  • condition
  • conducting
  • confiscation
  • conformance
  • conformity
  • consecrating
  • conserving
  • constraining
  • consummating
  • containing
  • contending
  • control
  • controlling
  • covering
  • curbing
  • custodianship
  • custody
  • defending
  • deference
  • detaining
  • directing
  • discharging
  • dominion
  • effecting
  • enjoying
  • enjoyment
  • estate
  • executing
  • fencing
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  • feting
  • fettle
  • fighting
  • filing
  • filling
  • finalizing
  • financing
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  • footing
  • forfending
  • form
  • fulfilling
  • funding
  • gagging
  • garaging
  • governing
  • governorship
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guiding
  • hampering
  • handcuffing
  • handling
  • hands
  • hangaring
  • hanging on to
  • harboring
  • harmony
  • having
  • health
  • heed
  • hindering
  • holding
  • holding back
  • holding on to
  • honor
  • honoring
  • housing
  • hugging
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • interrupting
  • kilter
  • lauding
  • leading
  • maintaining
  • making
  • making good
  • making good on
  • management
  • managing
  • mastery
  • measuring
  • meeting
  • memorializing
  • micromanaging
  • mincing
  • minding
  • muffling
  • muzzling
  • nick
  • notice
  • obedience
  • observance
  • observation
  • observing
  • obstructing
  • operating
  • opposing
  • order
  • overlooking
  • overseeing
  • ownership
  • owning
  • packing
  • palisading
  • pass
  • patronizing
  • perfecting
  • performing
  • phase
  • picketing
  • picture
  • piloting
  • pocketing
  • possessing
  • possession
  • posture
  • power
  • practice
  • practise
  • praising
  • preservation
  • preserving
  • preventing
  • procurement
  • proprietorship
  • protecting
  • protection
  • pulling in
  • putting up
  • rank
  • redeeming
  • regard
  • regulating
  • remembering
  • repair
  • repositing
  • repossession
  • repressing
  • reserving
  • resisting
  • respect
  • restraining
  • retaining
  • retention
  • ruling
  • running
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctifying
  • satisfying
  • saving
  • scene
  • screening
  • securing
  • setting up
  • shape
  • shelving
  • shielding
  • silencing
  • sinking
  • situation
  • smothering
  • solemnizing
  • sponsoring
  • squelching
  • stage
  • stage-managing
  • staking
  • standing
  • standing up for
  • status
  • steering
  • stewarding
  • stifling
  • stopping
  • storing
  • stowing
  • strangling
  • submission
  • superintendence
  • superintending
  • supervising
  • supervision
  • supporting
  • suppressing
  • surrender
  • swallowing
  • taking care of
  • taming
  • tending
  • treasuring
  • trim
  • trust
  • underwriting
  • uniformity
  • upholding
  • walling
  • ward
  • warding
  • warehousing
  • warring
  • watching
  • watching over
  • withholding
  • withstanding

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