sporadic

sporadic

adjective

Definition of SPORADIC

1

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence <sporadic loud noises kept startling everyone>

Synonyms aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, spotty, unsteady

Related Words convulsive, sudden, violent; broken, disconnected, fragmentary, interrupted; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, odd, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; capricious, changeful, changing, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, wavering; changeable, fickle, variable, volatile

Near Antonyms changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremitting

Antonyms constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady

2

not often occurring or repeated <so long as the complaints remain sporadic, we're doing fine>

Synonyms isolated, occasional, odd, rare, sporadic

Related Words scarce, scattered, uncommon, unique, unusual; choppy, discontinuous, erratic, fitful, intermittent, irregular, spasmodic, spotty, unsteady

Near Antonyms daily, regular; common, ordinary, routine

Antonyms frequent