quake

The word “quake” has 1 syllable: quake

It's pronounced as /kweɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for quake?

In the thesaurus, “quake” has 62 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for quake

  • aftershock
  • agitate
  • beat
  • bucket
  • cataclysm
  • chatter
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • cower
  • dodder
  • earthquake
  • flicker
  • fluctuate
  • flutter
  • foreshock
  • jar
  • jerk
  • jiggle
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • judder
  • microearthquake
  • microseism
  • move
  • oscillate
  • palpitate
  • pit-a-pat
  • pitter-patter
  • pulsate
  • pulse
  • quail
  • quaker
  • quaver
  • quiver
  • rock
  • seaquake
  • seism
  • shake
  • shiver
  • shock
  • shrink
  • shudder
  • sway
  • swing
  • temblor
  • thrill
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremblor
  • tremor
  • twitch
  • twitter
  • undulate
  • upheaval
  • vibrate
  • wabble
  • wave
  • waver
  • wobble

Antonyms for quake

  • be still
  • face
  • fix
  • hold
  • meet
  • remain
  • stay
  • steady

Meanings of quake

  • noun
    1. A trembling or shaking.
    2. An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
  • verb
    1. To tremble or shake.
    2. To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.

Example Sentences

  • The sudden quake rattled the dishes in the kitchen and sent people rushing to the safety of open spaces.
  • In the midst of the storm, the old house seemed to quake with each powerful gust of wind.
  • The distant sound of a mighty quake echoed through the mountains, unsettling the wildlife.
  • As the volcano erupted, the ground began to quake, signaling the impending danger to the nearby villagers.
  • The unexpected explosion made the entire building quake, leaving everyone inside momentarily paralyzed with fear.

On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quake, such as: aftershock, agitate, be still, beat, bucket, cataclysm, chatter.

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

Related Words

earthquake

  • aftershock
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bouleversement
  • bustle
  • cataclysm
  • coil
  • commotion
  • convulsion
  • eruption
  • fault
  • fit
  • flare-up
  • foreshock
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly-burly
  • insurgency
  • insurrection
  • macroseism
  • microearthquake
  • microseism
  • movement
  • mutiny
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • pandemonium
  • paroxysm
  • quake
  • quaker
  • quaking
  • rebellion
  • revolt
  • revolution
  • rocking
  • rout
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • seaquake
  • seimicity
  • seism
  • seismism
  • seizure
  • shake
  • shaking
  • shindy
  • shock
  • spasm
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • subversion
  • temblor
  • tempest
  • to-do
  • trembler
  • trembling
  • tremor
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • undulation
  • unrest
  • upheaval
  • uprising
  • uproar
  • upset
  • welter
  • williwaw

earthquakes

  • aftershocks
  • bluster
  • bobberies
  • bouleversements
  • bustles
  • cataclysms
  • coils
  • commotions
  • convulsion
  • convulsions
  • eruptions
  • fault
  • fits
  • flare-ups
  • foreshocks
  • furores
  • furors
  • fusses
  • hubbubs
  • hullabaloos
  • hurly-burlies
  • insurgencies
  • insurrections
  • macroseism
  • microearthquakes
  • microseism
  • microseisms
  • movement
  • mutinies
  • outbreaks
  • outbursts
  • overthrows
  • overturns
  • pandemoniums
  • paroxysms
  • quake
  • quaker
  • quakes
  • rebellions
  • revolts
  • revolutions
  • routs
  • rows
  • ruckuses
  • ructions
  • rumpuses
  • seaquakes
  • seimicity
  • seism
  • seismism
  • seizures
  • shake
  • shakes
  • shindies
  • shindys
  • shock
  • shocks
  • slip
  • spasms
  • squalls
  • stews
  • stirs
  • storms
  • subversions
  • temblor
  • temblors
  • tempests
  • to-dos
  • trembler
  • tremors
  • tumults
  • turmoils
  • undulation
  • upheaval
  • upheavals
  • uprisings
  • uproars
  • upsets
  • welters
  • williwaws

falter

faltered

  • backed down
  • balanced
  • be undecided
  • bobble
  • break
  • careened
  • considered
  • dallied
  • dawdled
  • debated
  • delayed
  • deliberated
  • dithered
  • drop the ball
  • equivocated
  • flounder
  • floundered
  • fluctuate
  • fluff
  • halt
  • halted
  • hawed
  • hedged
  • hem and haw
  • hemmed
  • hesitate
  • hesitated
  • hung back
  • lingered
  • lurch
  • lurched
  • oscillated
  • paused
  • pondered
  • procrastinated
  • pussyfooted
  • quaked
  • quaver
  • quavered
  • quivered
  • reel
  • reeled
  • rock
  • rocked
  • roll
  • scruple
  • scrupled
  • shake
  • shilly-shallied
  • shook
  • shuddered
  • speak haltingly
  • stagger
  • staggered
  • stammer
  • stub toe
  • stumbled
  • swayed
  • teeter
  • teetered
  • toddled
  • topple
  • totter
  • tottered
  • tremble
  • trembled
  • trip up
  • vacillate
  • vacillated
  • vibrated
  • wabbled
  • waffled
  • waited
  • waver
  • wavered
  • weaved
  • weighed
  • whiffle
  • wobble
  • wobbled

faltering

  • aberrant
  • afraid
  • agnostic
  • agnosticism
  • ailing
  • aimless
  • all aquiver
  • ambiguity
  • ambivalent
  • anemic
  • anile
  • anxiety
  • anxious
  • apprehension
  • apprehensive
  • aquake
  • aquiver
  • ashake
  • aside
  • averse
  • averseness
  • aversion
  • avoidance
  • awkward
  • backing down
  • backward
  • baffled
  • balancing
  • bated
  • betwixt and between
  • bland
  • bleached
  • blurred
  • breathless
  • bumbling
  • capricious
  • careening
  • casual
  • caution
  • cautious
  • censor
  • changeable
  • changing
  • claudicant
  • clumsy
  • compunction
  • conflicted
  • confused
  • confusion
  • conscience
  • consideration
  • considering
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • deadened
  • debate
  • debating
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • deep
  • delay
  • delaying
  • deliberating
  • deliberation
  • delicate
  • demur
  • demurral
  • designless
  • desultory
  • difficulty
  • diffidence
  • diffident
  • dilemma
  • dim
  • disbelief
  • discomfited
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • disconnected
  • discontinuous
  • discordant
  • discredit
  • disinclination
  • disinclined
  • disjointed
  • disordered
  • disquiet
  • disquieted
  • distant
  • distracted
  • distrust
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dithering
  • dizzy
  • dotard
  • doubt
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • drooping
  • dubiety
  • dubious
  • dubiousness
  • dull
  • dumb
  • dusty
  • eccentric
  • edgy
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • epicene
  • equivocal
  • equivocating
  • equivocation
  • erratic
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • failing
  • faint
  • faintheartedness
  • faithless
  • faithlessness
  • far-off
  • fatigued
  • faulty
  • fear
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • fence-sitting
  • fickle
  • fidgety
  • fitful
  • flabby
  • flimsy
  • floundering
  • fluctuant
  • fluctuating
  • fluctuation
  • flustered
  • fragile
  • fragmentary
  • frail
  • fumbling
  • gauche
  • gentle
  • half-hearted
  • halfhearted
  • halting
  • hanging back
  • haphazard
  • hawing
  • hazy
  • hedging
  • hemming
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitance
  • hesitancy
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hesitation
  • hit-or-miss
  • hoarse
  • hot-and-cold
  • hushed
  • ill
  • ill-defined
  • imperceptible
  • imperfect
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • inadequate
  • inarticulate
  • inaudible
  • incertitude
  • incoherent
  • incohesive
  • incomplete
  • incomprehensible
  • inconclusive
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconstant
  • incredulity
  • indecision
  • indecisive
  • indecisiveness
  • indeterminate
  • indetermination
  • indiscriminate
  • indisposed
  • indisposition
  • indistinct
  • indistinguishable
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • infirm
  • infrequent
  • insecure
  • insubstantial
  • insufficient
  • intermittent
  • irrational
  • irresolute
  • irresoluteness
  • irresolution
  • jellylike
  • jerky
  • jerry-built
  • jittery
  • jumbled
  • labored
  • lack of confidence
  • lacking confidence
  • laid low
  • lame
  • languid
  • lazy
  • lenient
  • lethargic
  • light
  • lightheaded
  • like doubting Thomas
  • limping
  • lingering
  • loath
  • loathe
  • lost
  • loth
  • low
  • low-pitched
  • lumbering
  • lurch
  • lurching
  • maladroit
  • maundering
  • mild
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • moderate
  • moot
  • muddled
  • muffled
  • mumbled
  • mumbling
  • murmuring
  • mute
  • muted
  • muttered
  • muttering
  • nervous
  • nonuniform
  • not following
  • not set
  • obscure
  • occasional
  • of two minds
  • on edge
  • on pins and needles
  • on tenterhooks
  • on the fence
  • on-the-fence
  • open to question
  • oscillating
  • oscillation
  • out of earshot
  • out of order
  • out of place
  • padded
  • pale
  • patchy
  • pause
  • pausing
  • pending
  • pendulous
  • perplexed
  • perplexity
  • piano
  • pondering
  • poor
  • precarious
  • problem
  • problematical
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puny
  • purposeless
  • pussyfooting
  • puzzled
  • puzzling
  • quaking
  • qualm
  • quandary
  • quavering
  • questioning
  • quiet
  • quivering
  • quivery
  • rambling
  • rattletrap
  • raving
  • reconsideration
  • recurrent
  • reeling
  • rejection
  • reluctance
  • reluctancy
  • reluctant
  • remote
  • repetition
  • restless
  • reticent
  • rickety
  • rocking
  • rocky
  • rootless
  • scruple
  • scrupling
  • second thought
  • self-conscious
  • senile
  • sensile
  • shadowy
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shifting
  • shilly-shally
  • shilly-shallying
  • shuddering
  • shy
  • shyness
  • silent
  • skeptical
  • skepticism
  • slight
  • slow
  • smooth
  • soft
  • softened
  • soothing
  • spasmodic
  • speechless
  • splutter
  • sporadic
  • sputtering
  • squeamishness
  • staggering
  • stammering
  • stifled
  • stoppage
  • stumble
  • stumbling
  • stutter
  • stuttering
  • subdued
  • superego
  • suspense
  • suspicion
  • suspicious
  • swaying
  • teetering
  • tender
  • tense
  • tentative
  • tentativeness
  • tenuous
  • theoretical
  • thin
  • timid
  • timidity
  • timidness
  • to and fro
  • toddling
  • tongue-tied
  • tottering
  • tottery
  • trembling
  • tremorous
  • tremulous
  • troubled
  • tumbledown
  • twinge
  • unanswered
  • uncertain
  • uncertainness
  • uncertainty
  • unclear
  • uncomfortable
  • uncommunicative
  • unconcluded
  • unconnected
  • unconsidered
  • unconvinced
  • unconvincing
  • uncoordinated
  • undecided
  • undetermined
  • uneager
  • uneasiness
  • uneasy
  • unenthusiastic
  • uneven
  • uneventful
  • unfinished
  • unfirm
  • unhandy
  • unintelligible
  • unmethodical
  • unpersuasive
  • unpleasing
  • unpredictable
  • unpunctual
  • unrelaxed
  • unreliable
  • unresolved
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsettled
  • unsolved
  • unsound
  • unspoken
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • unsubstantial
  • unsuitable
  • unsure
  • unsystematic
  • unuttered
  • unvocal
  • unvoiced
  • unwilling
  • unwillingness
  • up and down
  • up in the air
  • vacillant
  • vacillating
  • vacillation
  • vacillatory
  • vague
  • vibrating
  • voiceless
  • wabbling
  • wabbly
  • waffling
  • waiting
  • wan
  • wandering
  • wavering
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weaving
  • weighing
  • whispered
  • wild
  • wimpy
  • wishy-washy
  • without belief
  • wobble
  • wobbling
  • wobbly
  • wooden
  • woozy
  • wordless
  • yielding

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