SPASTIC Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

spastic

adjective

ˈspa-stik

as in sporadic

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence even after the formal surrender, spastic violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city

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Recent Examples of spastic When the wind blew, the pool-cue saplings rattled and raked, opening and closing my shooting lanes with the spastic unpredictability of a flickering lightbulb. —

Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2025 Each of these families has a child with spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50), a rare neurological disorder that affects fewer than 100 people in the world. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025 That boom is ebbing just as the administration’s spastic trade offensives are hammering U.S. ag export prospects over the foreseeable future. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025 Cameron has spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy that impacts his ability to control movement in his legs and arms. —

Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spastic

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In recent years, however, enforcement was sporadic, allowing vendors selling food, souvenirs and other goods to operate near Millennium Park.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Many of Myanmar’s resource-rich areas, where most mining operations have been largely unregulated, are controlled by different armed militias engaged in sporadic fighting against the central government to seek greater autonomy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 June 2026