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Antonyms for spastic
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : spas-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspæs tɪk |
Definition of spastic
Origin :- 1753, from Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos "afflicted with spasms," literally "drawing, pulling," from span "draw up" (see spasm). The noun meaning "a person affected with spastic paralysis" is attested from 1896.
- As in palsied : adj crippled
- As in spasmodic : adj twitching, erratic
- As in broken : adj discontinuous
- As in abnormal : adj different from standard or norm
- As in fitful : adj irregular, sporadic
- As in basket case : noun nervous person
Synonyms for spastic
- a bundle of nerves
- aberrant
- anomalistic
- anomalous
- arthritic
- atonic
- atypical
- bits and pieces
- bizarre
- broken
- capricious
- catchy
- changeable
- choppy
- convulsive
- curious
- debilitated
- desultory
- deviant
- deviate
- deviating
- disabled
- disconnected
- diseased
- disturbed
- divergent
- eccentric
- erratic
- exceptional
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- fitful
- fits and starts
- flickering
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- funny
- grody
- gross
- haphazard
- helpless
- herky-jerky
- heteroclite
- heterodox
- heteromorphic
- hit-or-miss
- impulsive
- incomplete
- inconstant
- intermittent
- interrupted
- irregular
- jerky
- nervous wreck
- neurasthenic
- ninnyhammer
- odd
- off-base
- off-color
- on-again-off-again
- out of line
- paralytic
- paralyzed
- peculiar
- periodic
- preternatural
- queer
- random
- recurrent
- restive
- restless
- rheumatic
- sclerotic
- screwy
- shaking
- shaky
- shifting
- sick
- spasmodic
- spastic
- spaz
- sporadic
- spotty
- spurtive
- strange
- trembling
- tremorous
- uncertain
- uncommon
- unexpected
- unnatural
- unorthodox
- unstable
- unusual
- variable
- weak
- weird
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