Synonyms for erratic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-rat-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for erratic
- aberrant
- anomalous
- changeable
- desultory
- devious
- dicey
- directionless
- dubious
- fitful
- flaky
- fluctuant
- idiosyncratic
- iffy
- incalculable
- inconstant
- meandering
- nomadic
- oddball
- peculiar
- planetary
- rambling
- roving
- shifting
- spasmodic
- strange
- stray
- undirected
- unnatural
- unstable
- unusual
- vagarious
- variable
- volatile
- wayward
- weird
- whimsical
Définition of erratic
Origin :- late 14c., "wandering, moving," from Old French erratique (13c.) and directly from Latin erraticus "wandering, straying, roving," from erratum "an error, mistake, fault," past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err). Sense of "irregular, eccentric" is attested by 1841. The noun is from 1620s, of persons; 1849, of boulders. Related: Erratically.
- adj unpredictable; wandering
- He worked in his erratic way all winter, and certainly did have some success.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- With them we think of the artificial as the archetype; the earth-born as the erratic exception.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Calhoun swung it on an erratic course, lest there be opposition.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Susan, holding on against the erratic swayings of the cart, pretended not to hear.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- Sam was volatile and elusive; his industry of an erratic kind.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- He was a most erratic workman, but what he did, he did exceedingly well.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- This time of year it ran crowded and was erratic; more often than not, late.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- The only listener I had for these erratic poems of mine was Akshay Babu.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Erratic boulders have, also, been noticed on the Rocky Mountains.
- Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
- Can you wonder now at the zig-zags, the erratic nature of my mind?
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
Antonyms for erratic
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