TEETER Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

teeter

verb

ˈtē-tər

as in to falter

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side he nervously teetered at the edge of the pool before finally diving in

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as in to stagger

to move forward while swaying from side to side the toddler teetered down the rink in her new ice skates

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as in to hesitate

to show uncertainty about the right course of action was teetering on the brink of making a decision about college

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Recent Examples of teeter But Church, undeterred, was drawn to the idea that those processes offered lessons in destruction and renewal which could be applied to a nation teetering on civil war. —

Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 On a 1-1 count, Cubs infielder Matt Shaw hit a weak dribbler down the third base line that teetered on the edge of fair or foul. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Soldier Boy is teetering on anti-hero this season. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 The Royals were down a run and teetering on a home loss to the Los Angeles Angels. —

Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teeter

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One risk is that the AI might falter and fail to detect that a person has an actual mental health condition that warrants attention.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
With most tropical reefs expected to face conditions like the Gulf’s by 2100—and already faltering under increasingly frequent marine heat waves—that makes the Gulf’s coral a source of valuable genetic information about resilience that could have implications for the rest of the world’s reefs.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026