sporadic

1 lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence sporadic loud noises kept startling everyone Synonyms of sporadic aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, spastic, fitful, spotty, unsteadyWords Related to sporadic 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, volatileNear Antonyms of sporadic changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremittingAntonyms of sporadic constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady

2 not often occurring or repeated so long as the complaints remain sporadic, we're doing fine Synonyms of sporadic isolated, occasional, odd, rare, infrequentWords Related to sporadic scarce, scattered, uncommon, unique, unusual; choppy, discontinuous, erratic, fitful, intermittent, irregular, spasmodic, spotty, unsteadyNear Antonyms of sporadic daily, regular; common, ordinary, routineAntonyms of sporadic frequent