Synonyms of rickety

rickety

adjective

as in dilapidated

not strong or stable and likely to break

rickety stairs

a rickety old table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• ramshackle
• decaying
• tattered
• miserable
• tumbledown
• tired
• rackety
• ragged
• shabby
• deteriorated
• mean
• broken
• scruffy
• neglected
• deteriorating
• tatty
• dumpy
• mangy
• seedy
• scrubby
• threadbare
• grungy
• timeworn
• ratty
• tacky
• rattletrap
• beat-up
• down-at-heel
• unkept
• desolate
• decrepit
• abandoned
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heels
• run-down
• down-at-the-heel
• dog-eared
• forlorn
• ruined
• dingy
• bombed-out
• down-at-heels
• moth-eaten
• broken-down
• tatterdemalion
• godforsaken
• damaged
• destroyed
• bedraggled
• worn-out
• wrecked
• injured
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• brand-new
• fresh
• maintained
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• rebuilt
• spiffy
• smart
• cared-for
• spruce

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of rickety

There was a sense of terminal decline or terminal corrosion about government post-COVID, with the government being really rickety, and then this new leader that didn’t have a huge amount of relative endorsement from the Party. . . . —Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2022

Some are too rickety to reliably relocate delicate bottles and glassware without fear of a smashup, others are bereft of functional features, and still others simply don’t look attractive enough to grace your living space. —Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022

The underpinnings of the economy, however, still look rickety. —Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 15 July 2022

Those who are old enough remember being afraid to ride the rickety wooden roller coaster. —Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2022