Synonyms of aperiodic

aperiodic

adjective

ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-dik 

as in sporadic

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence

released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sporadic
• occasional
• intermittent
• irregular
• discontinuous
• sudden
• erratic
• unpredictable
• episodic
• violent
• spastic
• spasmodic
• unsteady
• casual
• fitful
• volatile
• random
• choppy
• spotty
• catchy
• fragmentary
• haphazard
• scattered
• arbitrary
• convulsive
• interrupted
• variable
• varying
• changing
• changeful
• unstable
• broken
• mutable
• uncertain
• aimless
• stray
• desultory
• disconnected
• capricious
• odd
• fluctuating
• mercurial
• inconstant
• fluid
• changeable
• slapdash
• unsettled
• temperamental
• hit-and-miss
• hit-or-miss
• fickle
• flickery
• wavering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuous
• periodic
• constant
• regular
• steady
• habitual
• uniform
• stationary
• stable
• repeated
• systematic
• even
• unchanging
• orderly
• equable
• changeless
• methodical
• unvarying
• unremitting
• unrelenting
• unwavering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aperiodic

Moreover, that tiling is aperiodic, meaning that the pattern is never repeated. — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026

Quanta also covered another new kind of quantum error-correcting code in February, this one built out of aperiodic tilings — sets of shapes that combine in ways that never repeat. — Bill Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024

The scientists found that the high school football players who sustained concussions displayed slowed aperiodic activity, and greater slowing was strongly associated with worse post-concussion symptoms. — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024

More recent designs use aperiodic waveguide spacing and different waveguide cross-sections to solve these issues, but each creates trade-offs such as limitations on the vertical scanning and the reduction of optical power in the main beam. — Josué J. López, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2020