ERRATIC


Meaning of ERRATIC in English

n. Function: adjective

1 moving about aimlessly or irregularly without a fixed course FF1C; an erratic breeze barely stirred the leaves of the tree FF1E;

Synonyms: devious, errant, stray, wandering

Related Words: curving, meandering, roundabout, winding; shifting, undirected

Contrasted Words: fixed, stable, unmoving; active, animated, brisk, lively, sprightly

Antonyms: static

2

Synonyms: UNCERTAIN 1, capricious, chancy, dicey, fluctuant, iffy, incalculable, unpredictable, whimsical

Related Words: doubtful, dubious

Antonyms: stable

3

Synonyms: ARBITRARY 1, capricious, freakish, vagarious, wayward, whimsical, whimsied

Related Words: changeable, inconsistent, inconstant, unpredictable, variable; mercurial, unstable, volatile

Contrasted Words: consistent, conventional, predictable, stable

4

Synonyms: STRANGE 4, bizarre, eccentric, idiosyncratic, oddball, peculiar, queer, singular, unusual, weird

Related Words: anomalous, irregular, unnatural

Contrasted Words: natural, normal, regular, typical; customary, usual

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