My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.
Source: tatoeba (1932)
Arbitrary
//ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "arbitrary" (146 found)
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Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
overrulingpeculiarperemptorypetulantpositiveprecipitateprofferedquirkyrandomrashreasonlessrepressivescrewballself-actingself-activeself-determinedself-determiningseverespontaneousstrict
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Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
113 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِعْتِبَاطِيّ adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Armenian
1 entries- կամայական adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Asturian
1 entries- arbitrariu adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Belarusian
1 entries- адво́льны adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Bulgarian
3 entries- произволен adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- произволен adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
- своеволен adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Catalan
1 entries- arbitrari adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 任意 adj (determined by impulse)
- 随机决定 adj (determined by impulse)
Czech
2 entries- libovolný adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- náladový adj (determined by impulse)
Danish
3 entries- arbitrær adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- vilkårlig adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- vilkårlig adj (determined by impulse)
Dutch
4 entries- arbitrair adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- willekeurig adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- willekeurig adj (determined by impulse)
- willekeurig adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Esperanto
1 entries- hazarda adj (determined by impulse)
Finnish
4 entries- mielivaltainen adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- mielivaltainen adj (determined by impulse)
- mielivaltainen adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
- omavaltainen adj (determined by impulse)
French
3 entries- arbitraire adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitraire adj (determined by impulse)
- quelconque adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Galician
1 entries- arbitrario adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Georgian
2 entries- დაუსაბუთებელი adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- თვითნებური adj (determined by impulse)
German
4 entries- Ermessens adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbiträr adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbiträr adj (determined by impulse)
- beliebig adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Greek
4 entries- αυθαίρετος adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- αυθαίρετος adj (determined by impulse)
- αυθαίρετος αριθμός adj (determined by impulse)
- αυθόρμητος adj (determined by impulse)
Hebrew
2 entries- שרירותי adj (determined by impulse)
- שרירותית adj (determined by impulse)
Hindi
1 entries- यादृच्छिक adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Hungarian
2 entries- tetszőleges adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
- önkényes adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Icelandic
1 entries- geðþóttalegur adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Ido
1 entries- arbitriala adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Indonesian
4 entries- apa saja adj (determined by impulse)
- mana saja adj (determined by impulse)
- sembarang adj (determined by impulse)
- siapa saja adj (determined by impulse)
Irish
2 entries- aondeonach adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- ar togradh adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Italian
3 entries- arbitraria adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrario adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrario adj (determined by impulse)
Japanese
3 entries- 不特定多数 adj (determined by impulse)
- 任意 adj (determined by impulse)
- 恣意的な adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Latin
2 entries- arbitrārius adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrārius adj (determined by impulse)
Macedonian
1 entries- произволен adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Norwegian
3 entries- tilfeldig adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
- vilkårlig adj (determined by impulse)
- vilkårlig adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vilkårlig adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vilkårleg adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Polish
4 entries- arbitralny adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- dowolny adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- dowolny adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
- umowny adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Portuguese
3 entries- arbitrária adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrário adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrário adj (determined by impulse)
Romanian
3 entries- arbitrar adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrar adj (determined by impulse)
- impulsiv adj (determined by impulse)
Russian
3 entries- произво́льный adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- произво́льный adj (determined by impulse)
- произвольный adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Spanish
2 entries- arbitrario adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbitrario adj (determined by impulse)
Swedish
4 entries- arbiträr adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- arbiträr adj (determined by impulse)
- godtycklig adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- godtycklig adj (determined by impulse)
Tagalog
3 entries- alitakdain adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- alitakdain adj (determined by impulse)
- alitakdain adj (mathematics: any out of all possible)
Thai
2 entries- ดุลยพินิจ adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- ตามอำเภอใจ adj (determined by impulse)
Turkish
4 entries- dürtüsel adj (determined by impulse)
- ihtiyarî adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- isteğe bağlı adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
- keyfî adj (based on individual discretion or judgment)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.
Source: tatoeba (247210)
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
Source: tatoeba (278443)
Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings.
Source: tatoeba (387014)
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