| Main Entry: | desultory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random |
Synonyms: |
aimless, chance, chaotic, deviating, erratic, haphazard, orderless, rambling, unmethodical, unstable, unsystematic, without purpose |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, unsystematic, untrained |
Antonyms: |
arranged, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | haphazard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without plan or organization |
Synonyms: |
accidental, aimless, all over the map, any old way, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, 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, unconsidered, uncoordinated, unexpected, unmethodical, unorganized, unpremeditated, unsystematic, unthinking, willy-nilly |
Antonyms: |
careful, designed, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, thought-out |
| Main Entry: | indiscriminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, chaotic |
Synonyms: |
aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, designless, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss, imperceptive, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, unconsidered, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unplanned, unselective, unsystematic, varied, variegated, wholesale, wide |
Antonyms: |
chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic |
| 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: | unsystematic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disorderly |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, chaotic, cluttered, confused, dislocated, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, messy, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scattered, scrambled, slovenly, topsy-turvy, tumult, uncombed, undisciplined, unkempt, unmethodical, unrestrained, untrained |