RANDOMNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

randomness

noun

Definition of randomness

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of randomness The idea wasn’t entirely new; randomness is the force behind many profound ideas in number theory, including the twin prime conjecture and the Riemann hypothesis. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026 Because of the randomness of some of these things and complexities like deletions, many of the individual inferences about history will be wrong. — ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 The randomness and unpredictability of existence, the mindless violence of it, necessitated myth. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 For me, the closest cinema has come capturing that randomness and unfairness is Jane Campion’s beautiful and meditative Bright Star, which tells the love story of Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and of Keats’ death at 25 of tuberculosis. — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for randomness

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Noun

Let someone encounter the version that still contains a little uncertainty.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Economic uncertainty and other factors have kept borrowing costs elevated for much of the year, according to real estate experts.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

An accident disrupts the ritual, and Keigetsu, thrown off balance, sees her spell spiral out of her control, sending the two women back into each other’s bodies.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
As the news of the helicopter crash spread, media crews from the bus accident scene began rushing to the helicopter site and were told by law enforcement to evacuate because the situation was too dangerous, NBC4 footage showed.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of accident

Noun

Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.

— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.

— SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018

Definition of fortuity

Noun

Like many who were detained only to be released, Cazares needed a combination of luck and legal might.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Some Republicans could not believe their luck when Lawrence beat two more traditional candidates in August's Democratic primary.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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