Synonyms of scattershot

scattershot

adjective

as in haphazard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haphazard
• random
• scattered
• incidental
• accidental
• shotgun
• inadvertent
• slapdash
• sporadic
• aimless
• chance
• desultory
• unintended
• unintentional
• unplanned
• unpremeditated
• fortuitous
• stray
• unconsidered
• indiscriminate
• arbitrary
• hit-or-miss
• directionless
• lucky
• erratic
• spot
• unsystematic
• chancy
• casual
• flukey
• contingent
• purposeless
• fluky
• disorganized
• catch-as-catch-can
• odd
• irregular
• helter-skelter
• undirected
• objectless
• disorderly
• undiscriminating
• unselective

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• systematic
• regular
• methodical
• organized
• orderly
• regular
• continuous
• constant
• steady
• stable
• fixed
• methodic
• systematized
• established
• nonrandom
• arranged
• set
• even
• deliberate
• planned
• aware
• conscious
• purposeful
• thoughtful
• managed
• wilful
• ordered
• orchestrated
• willful

Examples of scattershot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The scattershot nature of those rulings has stirred up chaos among educators and Title IX coordinators, many of whom are still unsure about how to maintain compliance as schools prepare to reopen in a matter of weeks. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Aug. 2024

Trump has his own scattershot set of policy proposals, ones heavily responsive to the state of the Republican presidential primaries when they were published in 2022 and 2023. —Philip Bump, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

Without a clear sense of purpose, Crash feels a bit scattershot as Kehlani turns up the heat and racks up the jams. —Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024

But as Avengers: Endgame has more recently demonstrated to the world, being a wild hot mess doesn’t stop you from being popular — and the story of the adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, despite being pretty scattershot, was and is popular. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024