| Main Entry: | ups and downs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highs and lows |
Synonyms: |
ebb and flow, good and bad times, peaks and valleys, systole and diastole, wax and wane |
| Main Entry: | vicissitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
about-face, alteration, alternation, diversity, flip-flop, fluctuation, innovation, mid-course correction, mutability, mutation, novelty, permutation, progression, reversal, revolution, shift, sport, switch, switchover, transposition, turnaround, uncertainty, ups and downs, variation, variety |
Antonyms: |
stability, stagnation |