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erratic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of erratic

1 lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern

so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic

Synonyms of erratic

aimless, arbitrary, catch-as-catch-can, desultory, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, random, scattered, slapdash, stray

Words Related to erratic

accidental, casual, chance, chancy, contingent, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, unconsidered, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated

scattershot, shotgun

irregular, odd, sporadic, spot

directionless, objectless, purposeless

indiscriminate, unsystematic

disorderly, disorganized

undiscriminating, unselective

Near Antonyms of erratic

established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady

constant, continuous, even

arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned

aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms of erratic

methodical (also methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized

2 lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence

because of your erratic attendance at practice, youʼre in danger of being cut from the team

Synonyms of erratic

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

Words Related to erratic

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 of erratic

changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform

unchanging, unvarying, unwavering

methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic

unrelenting, unremitting

Antonyms of erratic

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

3 not staying constant

business at the fast-food restaurant has been so erratic lately that the manager never knows how much staff to have on hand

Synonyms of erratic

changing, fluctuating, irregular, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, varying

Words Related to erratic

capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, fickle, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, variable, volatile

Near Antonyms of erratic

Antonyms of erratic

changeless, constant, stable, steady, unchanging, unvarying

4 different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

the animal's erratic behavior made her wonder if it was ill

Synonyms of erratic

bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild

Words Related to erratic

aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky

extraordinary, fantastic (also fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical), phenomenal

atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

atrocious, outrageous, shocking

crotchety, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, nonmainstream, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox

baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling

Near Antonyms of erratic

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

conformist, conservative, conventional

expected, familiar, knee-jerk, predictable

common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted

Synonym Discussion of erratic

strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.

- a journey filled with strange sights

singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.

- a singular feeling of impending disaster

unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.

- a career unique in the annals of science

peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness.

- the peculiar status of America's first lady

eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.

- the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers

erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.

- a friend's suddenly erratic behavior

odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected.

- an odd sense of humor

quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.

- a quaint fishing village

outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.

- outlandish fashions of the time

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