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Synonyms & Antonyms of errant
1
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
- blamed the prank on errant students
Synonyms for errant
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- defiant,
- disrespectful,
- ill-mannered,
- ill-natured,
- impolite,
- improper,
- impudent,
- indecorous,
- insolent,
- rude,
- uncouth,
- unmannerly
- disobedient,
- headstrong,
- intractable,
- obstreperous,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- transgressing,
- unruly,
- untoward,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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2
traveling from place to place
- the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels
Synonyms for errant
- ambulant,
- ambulatory,
- fugitive,
- gallivanting
- (also galavanting),
- itinerant,
- nomad,
- nomadic,
- perambulatory,
- peregrine,
- peripatetic,
- ranging,
- roaming,
- roving,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- wandering,
- wayfaring
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Arrant or Errant?
Arrant or Errant?
Once the same word, they now have very different meanings
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of errant was in the 14th century
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