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Synonyms & Antonyms of arbitrary
- an arbitrary piano teacher who makes all her students do the same exercises over and over again
Synonyms for arbitrary
- dictatorial,
- high-handed,
- imperious,
- peremptory,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Words Related to arbitrary
- arrogant,
- commanding,
- demanding,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- haughty,
- imperative,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- presumptuous
- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- totalitarian,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
Near Antonyms for arbitrary
- the order of the names of the 10 semifinalists is entirely arbitrary
Synonyms for arbitrary
Words Related to arbitrary
- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Near Antonyms for arbitrary
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Antonyms for arbitrary
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
- a nation with no tradition of democracy, only a long history of arbitrary rulers
Synonyms for arbitrary
- absolute,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- czarist
- (also tsarist or tzarist),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- monocratic,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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The first known use of arbitrary was in the 15th century
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