Synonyms for wild card
wild card

Princeton's WordNet

1. wild cardnoun

   an unpredictable factor

   "the weather was a wild card"

2. wild cardnoun

   a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it

Matched Categories

1. • Factor
   • Playing Card

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1. Guthrie Police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs:

   When that happens, of course, we call in a company that deals with that specifically, and it's taken safely into possession, the uranium is the wild card in that situation.

2. Agnieszka Radwanska:

   Not for those suspended for doping. Maria should rebuild her career in a different way, beginning with smaller events, she wouldn't have a chance for (a wild card) from my hands (if I was a tournament director).

3. Michelle Krebs:

   The chips are still the wild card for this year.

4. Matthew Kaufler:

   The geopolitical situation is the risk that keeps me up at night, as it continues to mutate in scary directions. It is clearly the wild card.

5. The Atlantic Molly Ball:

   It's a real wild card in the House whether (Speaker John) Boehner is going to be empowered by this larger majority or whether they're going to be a bigger thorn in his side in the way we've seen in the past, so as we look to whether the relative harmony and lack of drama of this lame-duck period can continue in the new Congress, I think that's going to be a major factor.