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unpremeditated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unpremeditated

1 happening by chance

  • an unpremeditated encounter with an old boyfriend
Synonyms of unpremeditated

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

coincidental

freak, odd

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms of unpremeditated

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 unpremeditated

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2 made or done without previous thought or preparation

  • an unpremeditated verbal attack that was prompted by an unexpected question at the press conference
Synonyms of unpremeditated

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

unscripted

automatic, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, spontaneous

casual, cursive, informal, unauthorized

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

deliberate, intended, intentional
Antonyms of unpremeditated

considered, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepared, rehearsed

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