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spasmodic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of spasmodic

1 lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence

spasmodic problems that we will have to deal with as they crop up

Synonyms of spasmodic

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

Words Related to spasmodic

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 spasmodic

changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform

unchanging, unvarying, unwavering

methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic

unrelenting, unremitting

Antonyms of spasmodic

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

2 easily excited by nature

a talk show host who was famed for his edgy, spasmodic manner

Synonyms of spasmodic

excitable, fiddle-footed, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hyper, hyperactive, hyperexcitable, hyperkinetic, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittery, skittish, spooky

Words Related to spasmodic

hot-blooded, mercurial, temperamental, unstable, volatile, volcanic

anxious, edgy, flibbertigibbety, nervy, tense, uptight

emotional, emotionalistic, hypersensitive, intense, sensitive, soulful

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic

irascible, irritable, perturbable, prickly, testy, touchy

Near Antonyms of spasmodic

calm, collected, cool, serene, tranquil

easy, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed

Antonyms of spasmodic

imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable

Synonym Discussion of spasmodic

fitful, spasmodic, convulsive mean lacking steadiness or regularity in movement. fitful implies intermittence, a succession of starts and stops or risings and fallings.

- fitful sleep

spasmodic adds to fitful the implication of rapid or violent activity alternating with inactivity.

- spasmodic growth

convulsive suggests the breaking of regularity or quiet by uncontrolled movement.

- convulsive shocks

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