The opposite of stabilize is destabilize, which implies making something unstable, insecure or uncertain. This can manifest in a multitude of ways: for example, physical objects can be destabilized by removing support structures, financial systems can be destabilized by cutting off sources of funding, and political systems can be destabilized by sparking violent conflicts. Synonyms for destabilize include unsettle, unbalance, undermine, and disorient. The opposite of stabilize suggests a shift away from a state of equilibrium, and can be used in many contexts where change is expected. From personal relationships to geopolitical situations, destabilization can provoke chaos or usher in new opportunities.

What are the antonyms for Stabilize?

• v.

  • billow
  • bellied
  ,
  • bellying
  ,
  • ebb and flow
  ,
  • ebb flow
  ,
  • ebbed and flow
  ,
  • ebbed flow
  ,
  • ebbing and flow
  ,
  • ebbs and flow
  ,
  • ebbs flow
  ,
  • puff up
  ,
  • puffing up
  ,
  • puffs up
  ,
  • rise and fall
  ,
  • rise fall
  ,
  • rises and fall
  ,
  • rises fall
  ,
  • rises up
  ,
  • rising and fall
  ,
  • rising fall
  ,
  • rising up
  ,
  • rose fall
  ,
  • rose up
  .
  • break
  • Bankrupted
  ,
  • Bankrupting
  ,
  • Breaching
  ,
  • Declass
  ,
  • Declassing
  ,
  • Fracturing
  ,
  • Infracting
  ,
  • Torpedoes
  ,
  • Trashed
  ,
  • bankrupts
  ,
  • be fall
  ,
  • be fallen
  ,
  • be falling
  ,
  • be falls
  ,
  • be fell
  ,
  • be tide
  ,
  • be tided
  ,
  • be tides
  ,
  • be tiding
  ,
  • be-fall
  ,
  • be-fallen
  ,
  • be-falling
  ,
  • be-falls
  ,
  • be-fell
  ,
  • be-tide
  ,
  • be-tided
  ,
  • be-tides
  ,
  • be-tiding
  ,
  • breached
  ,
  • burst out
  ,
  • bursted out
  ,
  • bursting out
  ,
  • bursts out
  ,
  • bust out
  ,
  • bust up
  ,
  • busted out
  ,
  • busted up
  ,
  • busting out
  ,
  • busting up
  ,
  • busts out
  ,
  • busts up
  ,
  • came forth
  ,
  • came pass
  ,
  • came to pass
  ,
  • co wed
  ,
  • co wing
  ,
  • co-wed
  ,
  • co-wing
  ,
  • come forth
  ,
  • come pass
  ,
  • come to pass
  ,
  • comes forth
  ,
  • comes pass
  ,
  • comes to pass
  ,
  • coming forth
  ,
  • coming pass
  ,
  • coming to pass
  ,
  • cut and run
  ,
  • cut run
  ,
  • cuts and run
  ,
  • cuts run
  ,
  • cutting and run
  ,
  • cutting run
  ,
  • de camp
  ,
  • de camped
  ,
  • de camping
  ,
  • de camps
  ,
  • de class
  ,
  • de classed
  ,
  • de classes
  ,
  • de classing
  ,
  • de grade
  ,
  • de graded
  ,
  • de grades
  ,
  • de grading
  ,
  • de merit
  ,
  • de merited
  ,
  • de meriting
  ,
  • de merits
  ,
  • de moralize
  ,
  • de moralized
  ,
  • de moralizes
  ,
  • de moralizing
  ,
  • de mote
  ,
  • de motes
  ,
  • de moting
  ,
  • de-camp
  ,
  • de-camped
  ,
  • de-camping
  ,
  • de-camps
  ,
  • de-class
  ,
  • de-classed
  ,
  • de-classes
  ,
  • de-classing
  ,
  • de-grade
  ,
  • de-graded
  ,
  • de-grades
  ,
  • de-grading
  ,
  • de-merit
  ,
  • de-merited
  ,
  • de-meriting
  ,
  • de-merits
  ,
  • de-moralize
  ,
  • de-moralized
  ,
  • de-moralizes
  ,
  • de-moralizing
  ,
  • de-mote
  ,
  • de-motes
  ,
  • de-moting
  ,
  • declasses
  ,
  • demerited
  ,
  • demeriting
  ,
  • dis close
  ,
  • dis closed
  ,
  • dis closes
  ,
  • dis closing
  ,
  • dis confirm
  ,
  • dis confirmed
  ,
  • dis confirming
  ,
  • dis confirms
  ,
  • dis continue
  ,
  • dis continued
  ,
  • dis continues
  ,
  • dis continuing
  ,
  • dis integrate
  ,
  • dis integrated
  ,
  • dis integrates
  ,
  • dis integrating
  ,
  • dis obey
  ,
  • dis obeyed
  ,
  • dis obeying
  ,
  • dis obeys
  ,
  • dis prove
  ,
  • dis proved
  ,
  • dis proves
  ,
  • dis proving
  ,
  • dis regard
  ,
  • dis regarded
  ,
  • dis regarding
  ,
  • dis regards
  ,
  • dis-close
  ,
  • dis-closed
  ,
  • dis-closes
  ,
  • dis-closing
  ,
  • dis-confirm
  ,
  • dis-confirmed
  ,
  • dis-confirming
  ,
  • dis-confirms
  ,
  • dis-continue
  ,
  • dis-continued
  ,
  • dis-continues
  ,
  • dis-continuing
  ,
  • dis-integrate
  ,
  • dis-integrated
  ,
  • dis-integrates
  ,
  • dis-integrating
  ,
  • dis-obey
  ,
  • dis-obeyed
  ,
  • dis-obeying
  ,
  • dis-obeys
  ,
  • dis-prove
  ,
  • dis-proved
  ,
  • dis-proves
  ,
  • dis-proving
  ,
  • dis-regard
  ,
  • dis-regarded
  ,
  • dis-regarding
  ,
  • dis-regards
  ,
  • disconfirm
  ,
  • disconfirmed
  ,
  • disconfirming
  ,
  • disconfirms
  ,
  • ex celled
  ,
  • ex celling
  ,
  • ex-celling
  ,
  • finish off
  ,
  • finished off
  ,
  • finishes off
  ,
  • finishing off
  ,
  • fractured
  ,
  • gat away
  ,
  • get away
  ,
  • gets away
  ,
  • getting away
  ,
  • give up
  ,
  • go beyond
  ,
  • goes beyond
  ,
  • going beyond
  ,
  • got away
  ,
  • gotten away
  ,
  • in capacitate
  ,
  • in capacitated
  ,
  • in capacitates
  ,
  • in capacitating
  ,
  • in form
  ,
  • in forming
  ,
  • in forms
  ,
  • in fringe
  ,
  • in fringed
  ,
  • in fringes
  ,
  • in-capacitate
  ,
  • in-capacitated
  ,
  • in-capacitates
  ,
  • in-capacitating
  ,
  • in-forming
  ,
  • in-forms
  ,
  • in-fringe
  ,
  • in-fringed
  ,
  • in-fringes
  ,
  • infract
  ,
  • infracts
  ,
  • let out
  ,
  • lets out
  ,
  • letted out
  ,
  • letting out
  ,
  • made hash of
  ,
  • made mincemeat of
  ,
  • made public
  ,
  • make hash of
  ,
  • make mincemeat of
  ,
  • make public
  ,
  • makes hash of
  ,
  • makes public
  ,
  • making mincemeat of
  ,
  • making public
  ,
  • out did
  ,
  • out does
  ,
  • out doing
  ,
  • out done
  ,
  • out strip
  ,
  • out strips
  ,
  • out-did
  ,
  • out-does
  ,
  • out-doing
  ,
  • out-done
  ,
  • out-strip
  ,
  • out-stripped
  ,
  • out-stripping
  ,
  • out-strips
  ,
  • pass on
  ,
  • passed on
  ,
  • passes on
  ,
  • passing on
  ,
  • pro claim
  ,
  • pro claimed
  ,
  • pro claiming
  ,
  • pro claims
  ,
  • pro-claiming
  ,
  • pro-claims
  ,
  • pull pieces
  ,
  • pull to pieces
  ,
  • pulled pieces
  ,
  • pulling pieces
  ,
  • pulling to pieces
  ,
  • pulls pieces
  ,
  • pulls to pieces
  ,
  • re butted
  ,
  • re butting
  ,
  • re duce
  ,
  • re duces
  ,
  • re sting
  ,
  • re veals
  ,
  • re-butted
  ,
  • re-butting
  ,
  • re-duce
  ,
  • re-duces
  ,
  • re-sting
  ,
  • re-veal
  ,
  • re-veals
  ,
  • renege on
  ,
  • reneged on
  ,
  • reneges on
  ,
  • reneging on
  ,
  • sub due
  ,
  • sub dues
  ,
  • sub-due
  ,
  • sub-dues
  ,
  • sur pass
  ,
  • sur passed
  ,
  • sur passes
  ,
  • sur-pass
  ,
  • sur-passed
  ,
  • sur-passes
  ,
  • sur-passing
  ,
  • torpedo
  ,
  • torpedoed
  ,
  • torpedoing
  ,
  • trans pire
  ,
  • trans-pire
  ,
  • under mined
  ,
  • under mining
  ,
  • under-mined
  ,
  • under-mining
  ,
  • went beyond
  .
  • change
  • destabilise
  ,
  • destabilize
  .
  • change back and forth
  • oscillate
  .
  • destroy; make whole into pieces
  • break
  .
  • falter
  • Whiffle
  ,
  • Whiffled
  ,
  • Whiffling
  ,
  • am undecided
  ,
  • are undecided
  ,
  • art undecided
  ,
  • be undecided
  ,
  • being undecided
  ,
  • bobble
  ,
  • bobbled
  ,
  • bobbles
  ,
  • bobbling
  ,
  • drop ball
  ,
  • drop the ball
  ,
  • dropped ball
  ,
  • dropped the ball
  ,
  • dropping ball
  ,
  • dropping the ball
  ,
  • drops ball
  ,
  • drops the ball
  ,
  • dropt ball
  ,
  • dropt the ball
  ,
  • fluffed
  ,
  • fluffing
  ,
  • hem haw
  ,
  • spake haltingly
  ,
  • speak haltingly
  ,
  • speaking haltingly
  ,
  • stub toe
  ,
  • stubbed toe
  ,
  • stubbing toe
  ,
  • stubs toe
  ,
  • top pled
  ,
  • trip up
  ,
  • tripped up
  ,
  • tripping up
  ,
  • trips up
  ,
  • wast undecided
  ,
  • were undecided
  ,
  • wert undecided
  ,
  • whiffles
  .
  • lurch
  • move side
  ,
  • move the side
  ,
  • move to side
  ,
  • move to the side
  ,
  • moved side
  ,
  • moved the side
  ,
  • moved to side
  ,
  • moves the side
  ,
  • moves to side
  ,
  • moves to the side
  ,
  • moving side
  ,
  • moving the side
  ,
  • moving to side
  ,
  • moving to the side
  .
  • make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
  • change
  ,
  • destroy
  ,
  • drop
  ,
  • fall
  ,
  • forget
  ,
  • hurt
  ,
  • ignore
  ,
  • let down
  ,
  • let go
  ,
  • liquefy
  ,
  • loosen
  ,
  • melt
  ,
  • neglect
  ,
  • open
  ,
  • release
  ,
  • shake
  ,
  • soften
  ,
  • unfasten
  ,
  • unlock
  ,
  • vary
  ,
  • weaken
  ,
  • wobble
  .
  • move back and forth
  • rock
  ,
  • sway
  ,
  • toss
  .
  • move back and forth; be suspended
  • swing
  .
  • move falteringly
  • totter
  .
  • oscillate
  • Librated
  ,
  • Pendulate
  ,
  • Waltzed
  ,
  • Waltzing
  ,
  • am unsteady
  ,
  • are unsteady
  ,
  • art unsteady
  ,
  • be unsteady
  ,
  • being unsteady
  ,
  • fishtailed
  ,
  • fishtailing
  ,
  • is unsteady
  ,
  • librate
  ,
  • librates
  ,
  • pendulated
  ,
  • pendulates
  ,
  • pendulating
  ,
  • teeter tottered
  ,
  • teeter tottering
  ,
  • teeter totters
  ,
  • teeter-totter
  ,
  • teeter-tottering
  ,
  • teeter-totters
  ,
  • teetertotter
  ,
  • teetertottered
  ,
  • teetertottering
  ,
  • teetertotters
  ,
  • was unsteady
  ,
  • were unsteady
  ,
  • wert unsteady
  .
  • reel
  • Titubate
  ,
  • feel giddy
  ,
  • feeling giddy
  ,
  • feels giddy
  ,
  • felt giddy
  ,
  • goes around
  ,
  • going around
  ,
  • titubated
  ,
  • titubates
  .
  • revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
  • roll
  .
  • rock
  • Rocking
  ,
  • concuss
  ,
  • concussed
  ,
  • concusses
  ,
  • concussing
  ,
  • jouncing
  ,
  • push and pull
  ,
  • push pull
  ,
  • pushed and pull
  ,
  • pushed pull
  ,
  • pushes and pull
  ,
  • pushes pull
  ,
  • pushing and pull
  ,
  • pushing pull
  ,
  • roll about
  ,
  • rolled about
  ,
  • rolling about
  ,
  • rolls about
  .
  • roll
  • Cannonading
  ,
  • Circumduct
  ,
  • Eddied
  ,
  • Eddying
  ,
  • Pirouetted
  ,
  • Re-sound
  ,
  • Trundled
  ,
  • Trundling
  ,
  • Weltered
  ,
  • Weltering
  ,
  • Whirred
  ,
  • am sequence
  ,
  • are in sequence
  ,
  • are sequence
  ,
  • art in sequence
  ,
  • art sequence
  ,
  • be in sequence
  ,
  • be sequence
  ,
  • being in sequence
  ,
  • being sequence
  ,
  • bombinate
  ,
  • bombinated
  ,
  • bombinates
  ,
  • bombinating
  ,
  • cannonaded
  ,
  • circumducted
  ,
  • circumducting
  ,
  • circumducts
  ,
  • go past
  ,
  • goes past
  ,
  • going past
  ,
  • gyred
  ,
  • gyring
  ,
  • in cline
  ,
  • in clines
  ,
  • in-cline
  ,
  • in-clines
  ,
  • is in sequence
  ,
  • is sequence
  ,
  • pirouettes
  ,
  • re echo
  ,
  • re echoed
  ,
  • re echoes
  ,
  • re echoing
  ,
  • re sound
  ,
  • re sounding
  ,
  • re sounds
  ,
  • re-echo
  ,
  • re-echoed
  ,
  • re-echoes
  ,
  • re-echoing
  ,
  • re-sounded
  ,
  • re-sounding
  ,
  • re-sounds
  ,
  • spiraled
  ,
  • spiraling
  ,
  • spiralled
  ,
  • spiralling
  ,
  • swang around
  ,
  • swing around
  ,
  • swinging around
  ,
  • swings around
  ,
  • swung around
  ,
  • trundle
  ,
  • trundles
  ,
  • was in sequence
  ,
  • was sequence
  ,
  • wast in sequence
  ,
  • wast sequence
  ,
  • went past
  ,
  • were in sequence
  ,
  • were sequence
  ,
  • wert in sequence
  ,
  • wert sequence
  ,
  • whirr
  ,
  • whirrs
  .
  • shake, vibrate
  • tremble
  .
  • stumble, stutter
  • falter
  .
  • surge
  • billow
  .
  • sway
  • YOYO
  ,
  • blow hot cold
  ,
  • yo yo
  ,
  • yo yoed
  ,
  • yo yoing
  ,
  • yo yos
  ,
  • yo-yo
  ,
  • yo-yoed
  ,
  • yo-yoing
  ,
  • yo-yos
  ,
  • yoyoed
  ,
  • yoyoing
  .
  • swing
  • Sheered
  ,
  • Sheering
  ,
  • Shunted
  ,
  • Shunting
  ,
  • am pendent
  ,
  • are pendent
  ,
  • art pendent
  ,
  • awaying
  ,
  • aways
  ,
  • be pendent
  ,
  • being pendent
  ,
  • is pendent
  ,
  • sheers
  ,
  • shunt
  ,
  • turn axis
  ,
  • turn on an axis
  ,
  • turn on axis
  ,
  • turned about
  ,
  • turned an axis
  ,
  • turned on an axis
  ,
  • turned on axis
  ,
  • turning an axis
  ,
  • turning on an axis
  ,
  • turns about
  ,
  • turns an axis
  ,
  • turns axis
  ,
  • turns on an axis
  ,
  • turns on axis
  ,
  • volte facing
  ,
  • volte-face
  ,
  • volte-faces
  ,
  • volte-facing
  ,
  • voltefaced
  ,
  • voltefaces
  ,
  • voltefacing
  ,
  • was pendent
  ,
  • wast pendent
  ,
  • were pendent
  .
  • teeter
  • Stammered
  ,
  • Teetering
  ,
  • teeter totter
  ,
  • teeter-tottered
  ,
  • tremble precariously
  ,
  • trembled precariously
  ,
  • trembles precariously
  ,
  • trembling precariously
  .
  • toss
  • Joggled
  ,
  • Joggling
  ,
  • joggle
  ,
  • joggles
  ,
  • move restlessly
  ,
  • moved restlessly
  ,
  • moves restlessly
  ,
  • moving restlessly
  .
  • totter
  • Zigzagged
  ,
  • Zigzagging
  ,
  • walk unsteadily
  ,
  • walking unsteadily
  ,
  • zigzags
  .
  • tremble
  • had shakes
  ,
  • had the shakes
  ,
  • haddest shakes
  ,
  • haddest the shakes
  ,
  • hadst shakes
  ,
  • has shakes
  ,
  • has the shakes
  ,
  • hast shakes
  ,
  • hast the shakes
  ,
  • hath the shakes
  ,
  • have the shakes
  ,
  • having shakes
  ,
  • having the shakes
  ,
  • jitter
  ,
  • jittered
  ,
  • jittering
  ,
  • tremored
  ,
  • tremoring
  .
  • wobble back and forth
  • teeter
  .
  • wobble; spin around
  • reel
  .

• Other relevant words:

• budge
,
• disturb
,
• lurch
,
• remodel
,
• revamp
.

Usage examples for Stabilize

Famous quotes with Stabilize

• My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.

  Oksana Baiul
• This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin to heat denaturation, and would even reverse the denaturation by heat or concentrated urea solutions.

  Paul D. Boyer
• In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau
• I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region.

  Pete Domenici
• This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical downturn in which economies ultimately adjust and stabilize.

  Timothy Geithner

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