FLUCTUATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • be unstable
    • have ups and downs
    Usage Example(s)
    • The stock market fluctuates
    Hypernyms(s) fluctuate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the line on the monitor vacillated
    Hypernyms(s) fluctuate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern
    Hypernyms(s) fluctuate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)