fluctuates
Rises and falls
Fluctuates means rises and falls irregularly over time.
Prices fluctuate with supply and demand.
Weight fluctuates day to day.
Mood fluctuates.
The word implies movement within a range rather than steady change in one direction: The temperature fluctuates between 60 and 75 degrees.
What fluctuates is unstable but not necessarily chaotic.
Changes in amount
- rangesContinuous extent series
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- waversFails to decide
alternates · seesaws · yo-yos · spikes · dips · surges · plummets · climbs
Liable to sudden change
- unstableProne to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
capricious · fickle · mercurial · turbulent · variable · irregular · unsteady · wavering
Graphed oscillation pattern
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- periodicOccurring at intervals
cycle · sinusoidal · alternating · swing · pulsation · undulation · wobble · quiver
Arterial blood throb
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- meterDevice that measures usage
pace · timing · pattern · flow · cycle · periodicity · regularity · irregularity
Amounts charged for goods
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- currenciesOfficial mediums of exchange
- ratesFixed prices charged
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
indices · commodities · trading · volatility · correction · rally · downturn · uptick
varies
Changes in amount
wavers · alternates · seesaws · yo-yos · spikes · dips · surges · plummets · climbs · drops
volatile
Liable to sudden change
- unstableProne to sudden change
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
unpredictable · capricious · fickle · mercurial · turbulent · variable · irregular · unsteady · wavering · vacillating
waveform
Graphed oscillation pattern
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
periodic · cycle · sinusoidal · alternating · swing · pulsation · undulation · wobble · quiver · amplitude
pulse
Arterial blood throb
meter · pace · timing · pattern · flow · cycle · periodicity · regularity · irregularity · intermittent
prices
Amounts charged for goods
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- currenciesOfficial mediums of exchange
- ratesFixed prices charged
values · indices · commodities · trading · volatility · correction · rally · downturn · uptick · bearish
fluctuatesstabilizes
Makes firm or steady
steadies · holds steady · plateaus · levels off · persists
- currency fluctuationShifts in money's worth
- hormonal fluctuationsChanges in body's chemical messengers
- price fluctuationsChanges in cost levels
- market fluctuationsChanges in trading values
- temperature fluctuationChange in warmth level
- quantum fluctuationBrief energy variance in emptiness
fluctuate, fluctuation, fluctuating, fluctuations, fluctuated