Synonyms of the word fluctuation


FLUCTUATIONALTERATION - CHANGE - IRREGULARITY - MODIFICATION - UNDULATION - VARIATION - WAVE - WAVERING

fluctuation

  • n. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
  • n. A wavering; unsteadiness.
  • n. In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in…

alteration

  • n. The act of altering or making different.
  • n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

irregularity

  • n. (countable) An instance of being irregular.
  • n. (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
  • n. (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
  • n. (countable) A violation of rules.
  • n. (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).

modification

  • n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
  • n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
  • n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
  • n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
  • n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

undulation

  • n. an instance or act of undulating.
  • n. a wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
  • n. (music) a tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
  • n. a wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
  • n. a wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.

variation

  • n. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
  • n. A related but distinct thing.
  • n. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north…
  • n. (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
  • n. (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre,…
  • n. (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.

wave

  • v. (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly.
  • v. (intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the head) in greeting or departure.
  • v. (transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion,…
  • v. (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
  • v. (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
  • v. (transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
  • v. (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
  • v. (transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
  • v. (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
  • n. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; an undulation.
  • n. (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
  • n. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
  • n. (figuratively) A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
  • n. A sideway movement of the hand(s).
  • n. A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of…
  • v. Obsolete spelling of waive.

wavering

  • adj. Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
  • v. present participle of waver.
  • n. A state of fluctuation or indecision.

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