| Main Entry: | discontinuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; intermittent |
Synonyms: |
alternate, desultory, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, fitful, gaping, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, interrupted, irregular, muddled, spasmodic, unconnected, unorganized |
Antonyms: |
agreement, antagonism, antipathy, clash, clashing, collision, connected, contention, contiguous, continuous, cooperation, difference, disaccord, disagreement animosity, discord [n1] conflict, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, enmity, friction, fuss, harmony, hassle, hostility, incompatibility, incongruity, inharmony, lack of concord, mischief, opposition, peace, polarization, rancor, regular, row, ruckus, rupture, scene, spat, split, static, strife, unbroken, variance, wrangling; concept 388 'Ant. accord |
| Main Entry: | discrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual |
Synonyms: |
detached, different, disconnected, discontinuous, distinct, diverse, separate, several, unattached, various |
| Notes: | discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct' |
Antonyms: |
attached, combined, joined |
| Main Entry: | disjointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loose, disconnected |
Synonyms: |
aimless, confused, cool, discontinuous, disordered, displaced, disunited, divided, far-out, fitful, fuzzy, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, irrational, jumbled, muddled, out-of-it, out-to-lunch, rambling, separated, spaced-out, spacey, spasmodic, split, unattached, unconnected, unorganized |
Antonyms: |
coherent, connected, contiguous, jointed, ordered, united |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
Antonyms: |
arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | incoherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligible |
Synonyms: |
breathless, confused, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, disjointed, disordered, dumb, faltering, inarticulate, incohesive, incomprehensible, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, indistinguishable, irrational, jumbled, maundering, muddled, muffled, mumbling, mute, muttered, puzzling, rambling, stammering, stuttering, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unvocal, wandering, wild |
Antonyms: |
coherent, intelligible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | intermittent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
Synonyms: |
alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, fitful, here and there, hit-or-miss, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterant, iterative, metrical, now and then, occasional, on and off, periodic, periodical, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, shifting, spasmodic, stop-and-go |
Antonyms: |
constant, continual, continuing, perpetual, regular |
| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, variable |
Synonyms: |
aberrant, aimless, capricious, casual, changeable, designless, desultory, disconnected, discontinuous, eccentric, erratic, faltering, fitful, fluctuating, fragmentary, haphazard, hit-or-miss, inconstant, indiscriminate, infrequent, intermittent, jerky, nonuniform, occasional, out of order, patchy, purposeless, recurrent, shaky, shifting, spasmodic, sporadic, uncertain, unconsidered, uneven, unmethodical, unpunctual, unreliable, unsettled, unsteady, unsystematic, up and down, weaving |
Antonyms: |
conventional, methodical, regular, systematic |
| Main Entry: | interrupted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stopped |
Synonyms: |
broken, broken off, checked, cut short, delayed, discontinued, discontinuous, disrupted, held up, hindered, interfered with, intermittent, irregular, obstructed, postponed, suspended |
| Main Entry: | "on-again, off-again" |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intermittent |
Synonyms: |
alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, fitful, here and there, hit-or-miss, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterant, iterative, metrical, now and then, occasional, on and off, periodic, periodical, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, shifting, spasmodic, sporadic, stop-and-go |