Synonyms for erratic
ɪˈræt ɪk

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1. 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, unchangeable

2. erratic, 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, mercurial

   Antonyms:
   reliable, dependable, unchangeable, settled

3. erratic, 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), moody

   Antonyms:
   settled, reliable, dependable, unchangeable

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1. erratic(noun)

   A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.

   Antonyms:
   consistent

2. erratic(adjective)

   unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent

   Antonyms:
   consistent

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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, whimsical

   Antonyms:
   common, customary, familiar, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. erratic

   Synonyms:
   desultory, aberrant, abnormal, flighty, changeful, capricious

   Antonyms:
   regular, normal, methodical, calculable, unalterable, steady, undeviate

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. erratic(a.)

   Synonyms:
   wandering, roving, nomadic, not stationary

2. erratic(a.)

   Synonyms:
   irregular, eccentric, abnormal

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1. List of paraphrases:

   irregular, unpredictable, whimsical, volatile, uneven, unforeseeable

How to use erratic in a sentence?

1. Frank Coit:

   He was a very erratic personality.

2. Sune Rasmussen:

   (There was a) big explosion ... followed by erratic gunfire.

3. Jose Graziano da Silva:

   Today, climate change has caused those droughts to be more erratic, prolonged and unpredictable.

4. Padraig Harrington:

   It's more important to be consistent, but who cares about consistent, it's more important to be erratic and win.

5. Samay Pal Singh:

   The (electricity) supply is erratic but we are happy that there has been a start, we feel we have not been forgotten.

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