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Synonyms for erratic
ɪˈræt ɪk
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Princeton's WordNet
erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)(adj)
liable to sudden unpredictable change
"erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
Antonyms:
dependable, settled, reliable, unchangeableerratic, planetary, wandering(adj)
having no fixed course
"an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
Synonyms:
planetal, wandering, winding, nomadic, quicksilver(a), rambling, meandering(a), wandering(a), terrestrial, peregrine, worldwide, planetary, world-wide, mobile, fickle, temperamental, global, world(a), roving, mercurialAntonyms:
reliable, dependable, unchangeable, settlederratic, temperamental(adj)
likely to perform unpredictably
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
Synonyms:
wandering, fickle, planetary, temperamental, mercurial, quicksilver(a), moodyAntonyms:
settled, reliable, dependable, unchangeable
Wiktionary
erratic(noun)
Antonyms:
consistenterratic(adjective)
unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
Antonyms:
consistent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
erratic
Odd is unmated, as an odd shoe, and so uneven, as an odd number. Singular is alone of its kind; as, the singular number. What is singular is odd, but what is odd may not be singular; as, a drawerful of odd gloves. A strange thing is something hitherto unknown in fact or in cause. A singular coincidence is one the happening of which is unusual; a strange coincidence is one the cause of which is hard to explain. That which is peculiar belongs especially to a person as his own; as, Israel was called Jehovah's "peculiar people," i. e., especially chosen and cherished by him; in its ordinary use there is the implication that the thing peculiar to one is not common to the majority nor quite approved by them, though it may be shared by many; as, the Shakers are peculiar. Eccentric is off or aside from the center, and so off or aside from the ordinary and what is considered the normal course; as, genius is commonly eccentric. Eccentric is a higher and more respectful word than odd or queer. Erratic signifies wandering, a stronger and more censorious term than eccentric. Queer is transverse or oblique, aside from the common in a way that is comical or perhaps slightly ridiculous. Quaint denotes that which is pleasingly odd and fanciful, often with something of the antique; as, the quaint architecture of medieval towns. That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing. That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically equivalent to grotesque.
Synonyms:
anomalous, bizarre, comical, crotchety, curious, droll, eccentric, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grotesque, laughable, ludicrous, odd, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unmatched, unusual, whimsicalAntonyms:
common, customary, familiar, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
erratic
Synonyms:
desultory, aberrant, abnormal, flighty, changeful, capriciousAntonyms:
regular, normal, methodical, calculable, unalterable, steady, undeviate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "erratic":
irregular, unpredictable, whimsical, volatile, uneven, unforeseeable
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#857 | global | |
#1287 | unique | |
#1325 | worldwide | |
#2347 | funny | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#5261 | unusual | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6982 | extraordinary | |
#7013 | curious | |
#7325 | bizarre | |
#11656 | abnormal | |
#11990 | moody | |
#12183 | planetary | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#13600 | singular | |
#13732 | terrestrial | |
#14075 | uncommon | |
#14638 | queer | |
#14880 | winding | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#16012 | wandering | |
#18829 | unpredictable | |
#21582 | unmatched | |
#21612 | uneven | |
#22085 | eccentric | |
#24836 | quaint | |
#24972 | rambling | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#27639 | whimsical | |
#31949 | erratic | |
#32567 | roving | |
#32733 | nomadic | |
#33145 | peregrine | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#36473 | comical | |
#36903 | grotesque | |
#42698 | laughable | |
#45715 | capricious | |
#47074 | aberrant | |
#47567 | fickle | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#55324 | mercurial | |
#67912 | droll | |
#81204 | temperamental | |
#94487 | unforeseeable | |
#119279 | desultory | |
#124538 | flighty | |
#185350 | crotchety |
How to use erratic in a sentence?
But the system would have failed if I was truly erratic, there's been relentless criticism, relentless and outrageous and unfair... What actually happened here was an incredible American success story.
When people hear about three- or four-day benders, they imagine running up and down hallways naked and swinging from chandeliers and stuff, there was nothing erratic or wild about his behavior.
Today, climate change has caused those droughts to be more erratic, prolonged and unpredictable.
President Donald Trump has become so erratic and unpredictable that it's annoying for the markets, pence is a boring, conservative, pro-business Midwesterner.
A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.
Translations for erratic
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- شاردArabic
- изменчив, непостояненBulgarian
- nevyrovnanýCzech
- uregelmæssigDanish
- Findling, unstet, erratisch, unregelmäßigGerman
- αλλοπρόσαλλος, ασταθήςGreek
- bloque errático, irregular, inconstante, erráticoSpanish
- دمدمی مزاجPersian
- epätasainen, epäsäännöllinen, ailahteleva, epävakaa, siirtolohkare, arvaamatonFinnish
- erratiqueFrench
- अनियमितHindi
- akadozóHungarian
- անկայուն, անհաստատ, անկանոնArmenian
- tak menentuIndonesian
- irregolareItalian
- בִּלתִי יָצִיבHebrew
- 常軌を逸したJapanese
- 이상한 사람Korean
- erraticusLatin
- horehore, hārakirakiMāori
- flyttblokkNorwegian
- onregelmatig, grilligeDutch
- flyttblokkNorwegian Nynorsk
- uberegneligNorwegian
- niekonsekwentnyPolish
- erráticoPortuguese
- neregulatRomanian
- неравномерный, нерегулярный, неустойчивыйRussian
- nekonzistentan, neravnomjeran, iregularan, eratičanSerbo-Croatian
- flyttblock, oregelbundenSwedish
- ஒழுங்கற்றTamil
- เอาแน่ไม่ได้Thai
- düzensizTurkish
- нестійкийUkrainian
- انیدوستUrdu
- không đềuVietnamese
- יראַטיקYiddish
- 不穩定的Chinese
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