Synonyms for checkered
ˈtʃɛk ərdcheck·ered

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1. checked, checkered, chequeredadjective

   patterned with alternating squares of color

   Synonyms:
   checked, chequered

   Antonyms:
   unpatterned, plain, unchangeable

2. checkeredadjective

   marked by changeable fortune

   "a checkered business career"

   Synonyms:
   checked, chequered

   Antonyms:
   unchangeable, plain, unpatterned

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1. checkeredadjective

   Synonyms:
   diversified, variegated, plaid, mosaic, tessellated

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1. List of paraphrases for "checkered":

   chequered

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How to use checkered in a sentence?

1. Roy Baumeister:

   The tradition of New Year’s resolutions has a long and checkered history, i’m in favor of self-improvement, and New Year’s is a good excuse to do that. It’s good to take a point every year and assess oneself, to become a better person.

2. Thomas Wadden:

   Healthcare practitioners are still a little wary of weight-loss medications because of this sort of checkered past.

3. Klaus Kusters:

   Pfalz has had a checkered record of wine production, after the war they went for quantity, and quality hit rock bottom.

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

5. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.