to careen

Examples

• All

• If you're driving on ice, you're going to careen into the guard rails, right?

  The Minimalists

• In cars, in cabs, we careened through the city; there must have been hundreds of us.

  Academic text (2008)

• And so this means you lose your mom or a dad and you know, the whole family sort of careens out of control.

  Tom Bilyeu

• You are careening towards suspension!

  The Holdovers (2023)

• At the current rate of global warming, the earth's temperature stands to careen out of control.

  Academic text (2009)

• It won't budget when you careen off the road in your car.

• At the edge of town, the BMW careened onto a black asphalt road.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Shanell Anderson was delivering newspapers in the dark when she careened into this pond.

  From the Ashes (2024)

• And here comes a pickup truck, patented squealing tires as it careens around a corner.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The car careened around the corner, narrowly missing the tree.

Synonyms

T

to tumble

vsto careen

88 2.9

To fall or roll suddenly, often turning over

moves fast and uncontrolled rather than falling or turning

S

to stagger

vsto careen

49 4.0

Walk in an unsteady way as if about to fall

is quicker and uncontrolled rather than caused by weakness or tiredness

W

to wobble

vsto careen

40 3.8

To move or shake unsteadily from side to side

is faster and more out of control rather than gentle shaking

L

to lurch

vsto careen

34 5.6

To move suddenly and unsteadily, often forward or to one side

moves fast and uncontrolled often from side to side

R

to reel

vsto careen

16 4.6

To move in an unsteady way as if about to fall

is more rapid and side to side rather than slow almost falling motion

W

to wamble

vsto careen

• Archaic

9.9

To move unsteadily while rolling from side to side

is quicker and less regular rather than a slow weave or roll

Antonyms

S

to stabilize

• US

75 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

S

to steady

41 3.4

To make yourself or something stop moving

How Uncontrolled

to crash

481 2.2

to barrel

• Informal

24 4.6

to careen

20 7.7

to reel

16 4.6

to lurch

34 5.6

to sway

77 2.4

Surface Forms

Etymology