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Main Entry: random
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: haphazard, chance
Synonyms: accidental, adventitious, aimless, arbitrary, casual, contingent, desultory, fluky, fortuitous, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, odd, promiscuous, purposeless, slapdash*, spot, stray, unplanned, unpremeditated, designless, driftless, objectless, unaimed, unconsidered
Antonyms: definite, methodical, particular, specific, systematic
Main Entry: accidental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happening unexpectedly
Synonyms: adventitious, casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fluky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, unexpected, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, uncalculated, unintended
Notes: accidental stresses chance; fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes absence of cause
Antonyms: decided, essential, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, designed
Main Entry: aimless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having no goal
Synonyms: accidental, any which way, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, erratic, fanciful, fickle, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss*, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward, bits-and-pieces, directionless, drifting, fits and starts, goalless, objectless, undirected, unguided
Antonyms: determined, directed, pointed, purposeful, resolute, goal-oriented, motivated
Main Entry: anyhow
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: by any means
Synonyms: about, any which way, anyway, around, haphazard, haphazardly, helter-skelter, however, nevertheless, random, regardless, willy-nilly, at any rate, at random, in any case, in any respect, in any way, in either way, in one way or another, in whatever way, randomly, under any circumstances, whatever happens
Main Entry: contingent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: conditional; possible
Synonyms: accidental, casual, chance, dependent, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, likely, odd, probable, probably, random, subject to, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unpredictable, controlled by, unanticipated
Antonyms: certain, definite, real, sure, truthful, unconditional
Main Entry: cursory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: casual, hasty
Synonyms: brief, careless, desultory, fast, half-baked*, haphazard, hit or miss*, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical, depthless, half-assed
Antonyms: complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried
Main Entry: fitful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irregular, sporadic
Synonyms: broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, spasmodic, spotty, unstable, variable, bits and pieces, fluctuating, herky-jerky, on-again-off-again, shifting, spastic
Antonyms: constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying
Main Entry: fortuitous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lucky, accidental
Synonyms: arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, fluke*, fluky*, fortunate, haphazard, happy, incidental, odd, random, unforeseen, unplanned, luck in, luck out, lucky-dog, providential, serendipitous
Antonyms: calculated, deliberate, intentional, planned, unlucky, designed
Main Entry: haphazard
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without plan or organization
Synonyms: accidental, aimless, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, desultory, devil-may-care*, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter-skelter*, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, uncoordinated, unexpected, unorganized, unpremeditated, unthinking, willy-nilly*, all over the map, any old way, designless, unconsidered, unmethodical, unsystematic
Antonyms: careful, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, designed, thought-out
Main Entry: helter-skelter
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: carelessly, confused
Synonyms: about, any which way, anyhow, around, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, headlong, hit-or-miss*, hotfoot*, impetuously, irregular, jumbled, muddled, pell-mell*, random, rashly, recklessly, topsy-turvy*, tumultous/tumultuous, wildly, anywise, at random, cluttered, higgledy-piggledy, hurriedly, in confusion, incautiously, incontinently, randomly, unmindfully
Antonyms: carefully, methodical, organized, straight, systematic
Main Entry: incidental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: related; minor
Synonyms: accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, fluke*, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, by-the-way, contributing, contributory
Antonyms: basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital
Main Entry: isolated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unique; private
Synonyms: abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods*, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado*, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, outlying, random, remote, retired, secluded, segregated, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn, off beaten track, screened, sequestered, unfrequented
Antonyms: included, incorporated, public, mingling
Main Entry: occasional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irregular, sporadic
Synonyms: casual, desultory, especial, exceptional, exclusive, few, incidental, infrequent, intermittent, odd, off and on*, particular, random, rare, scarce, seldom, special, specific, uncommon, unusual, not habitual, unfrequent
Antonyms: constant, frequent, regular, steady, usual
Main Entry: patchy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: spotty, not consistent
Synonyms: erratic, fitful, irregular, random, sketchy, uneven, variable, varying
Antonyms: consistent, continuous, regular, unspotted
Main Entry: purposeless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: useless, insignificant
Synonyms: aimless, desultory, empty, feckless, fustian, good-for-nothing*, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, indiscriminate, irregular, meaningless, needless, nonsensical, pointless, random, senseless, unnecessary, unplanned, unprofitable, vacuous, wanton, worthless, designless, drifting, floundering, goalless, motiveless, purportless, uncalled for, undirected, unhelpful, unpurposed
Antonyms: decided, deliberate, determined, planned, purposeful, significant, useful
Main Entry: sporadic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: on and off
Synonyms: desultory, few, fitful, hit-or-miss*, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, random, rare, scarce, scattered, seldom, spasmodic, spotty, uncommon, bits and pieces, fits and starts, on-again-off-again, semioccasional, unfrequent
Antonyms: constant, continuous, dependable
Main Entry: unforeseeable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unpredictable
Synonyms: capricious, chance, chancy, changeable, fluky*, incalculable, random, uncertain, unexpected, from left field, unknowable
Main Entry: unintentional/unintended
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not planned
Synonyms: accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwitting, undesigned, undevised, unintended, unthought
Antonyms: definite, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned
Main Entry: unpredictable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: changeable
Synonyms: capricious, chance, chancy, dicey*, doubtful, erratic, fickle, fluky*, iffy*, incalculable, inconstant, random, touchy, uncertain, unforeseeable, unreliable, unstable, variable, whimsical, fluctuating, from left field, hanging by a thread, touch and go, up for grabs
Antonyms: constant, predictable, unchanging, unvarying
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