Synonyms for irregular
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-reg-yuh-ler |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛg yə lər |
Top 10 synonyms for irregular Other synonyms for the word irregular
- aberrant
- aimless
- amorphous
- anomalous
- atypical
- bent
- broken
- casual
- changeable
- cockeyed
- crooked
- designless
- desultory
- deviant
- devious
- different
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- disorderly
- disproportionate
- divergent
- eccentric
- elliptic
- exceptional
- extraordinary
- faltering
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hilly
- hit-or-miss
- immoderate
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- inordinate
- lopsided
- lumpy
- meandering
- nonuniform
- not uniform
- notched
- occasional
- odd
- off-balance
- off-center
- off-key
- out of order
- out of proportion
- patchy
- pitted
- protuberant
- purposeless
- queer
- quirky
- recurrent
- rough
- scarred
- serrate
- serrated
- shaky
- shifting
- singular
- spasmodic
- sporadic
- strange
- unaligned
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unconventional
- unequal
- uneven
- unique
- unmethodical
- unnatural
- unofficial
- unorthodox
- unpunctual
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsuitable
- unsymmetrical
- unsystematic
- unusual
- up and down
- variable
- weaving
- wobbly
- zigzagged
Définition of irregular
Origin :- late 14c., "not in conformity with Church rules," from Old French irreguler (13c., Modern French irrégulier), from Medieval Latin irregularis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin regularis (see regular (adj.)). General sense is from late 15c.
- adj random, variable
- adj abnormal, peculiar
- adj bumpy, uneven
- But Mr. Paine assured her that letters were likely to be irregular, and there was no ground for alarm.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The advance may be irregular but it is advance; and all advance is advance toward Him.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He was furious at this supposition that she would continue in her irregular practices.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The enemy, surprised, opened an irregular and ineffective fire.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- I design it an irregular ode for General Washington's birth-day.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- It contained about five acres, in the form of an irregular parallelogram.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- You work at all kinds of irregular hours, for you there is no day or night.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Often its leaps and flickerings are irregular, inconsistent, unpredictable.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- He was eccentric and irregular in his habits and quite ignorant of the steam engine.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- There was no sound in the streets but the irregular clatter of our footsteps.
- Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
Antonyms for irregular
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