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unplanned

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unplanned

1 happening by chance
  • There was an unplanned change in our itinerary—we got lost!
Synonyms of unplanned

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unpremeditated, unwitting
Words Related to unplanned

coincidental

freak, odd

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms of unplanned

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms of unplanned

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, set
2 made or done without previous thought or preparation
  • stumbled through a completely unplanned acceptance speech
Synonyms of unplanned

ad hoc, ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvisational, improvised, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, snap, spur-of-the-moment, unconsidered, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied
Words Related to unplanned

unscripted

automatic, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, spontaneous

casual, cursive, informal, unauthorized

half-baked, half-cocked, ill-advised
Near Antonyms of unplanned

deliberate, intended, intentional
Antonyms of unplanned

considered, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepared, rehearsed

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