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Synonyms & Antonyms of catch-as-catch-can
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
- we're always having drop-in guests at our beachfront cottage, and sleeping arrangements tend to be catch-as-catch-can
Synonyms for catch-as-catch-can
Words Related to catch-as-catch-can
- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Near Antonyms for catch-as-catch-can
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Antonyms for catch-as-catch-can
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
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The first known use of catch-as-catch-can was in 1833
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