Synonyms for erratic
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Mercurial — unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
mercurial, eccentric, fickle, unstable, undependable, desultory, irregular, changeable, unreliable, capricious, unsteady, volatile, strange, odd, unsettled, flighty, wandering, fitful, abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, freakish
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
Related words
- Word family
- erratically
Choose the right word
Erratic signifies wandering, a stronger and more censorious term than eccentric.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- unstable Back in the 1990s, Algeria was incredibly unstable.
- eccentric Prof. Smith is famous for his eccentric life style.
- fickle Women are very fickle. Trusting them is foolish.
- temperamental Do people ever accuse you of being temperamental?
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1
- 6 letters
- fickle2, fitful2
- 7 letters
- strange1, flighty2
- 8 letters
- unstable3, volatile3, abnormal3, unsteady3, aberrant3, freakish
- 9 letters
- wandering3, irregular4, eccentric3, unsettled3, anomalous4, mercurial4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- unreliable5, changeable3, capricious3
- 12 letters
- undependable
- 13 letters
- temperamental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fickle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- désaxé