I used to read novels at random.
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Random
/ˈɹændəm/
Synonyms for "random" (240 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (48)
aboutaccidentaladventitiousadventitiouslyaimlessaleatoricaleatoryamorphousany which wayanyhowanywisearbitrarilyarbitraryaroundat randomblobbyblurredblurrybroadby chance
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Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (72)
Adjective(15 words)
chaotic servicechaotic situationdisorganizeddisorganized materialsdisorganized routineerratic behaviorflukierflukiesthaphazard configurationhaphazard countinghaphazard efforthaphazard lesson planhaphazard materialshaphazard methodhigh unpredictability
confusedcursorydangerousdesignlessdesultorydiffusedisarticulateddisconnecteddiscontinuousdisjunctdisordereddisperseddisproportionatedriftlessdysteleologicalerraticerraticallyfitfulfoggyformless
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fortuitousfortuitouslyfrivolousfuzzygeneralgratuitoushaphazardhaphazardlyhazyhelter-skelterhit-or-missill-definedimmethodicalimpreciseinaccurateinchoateincidentalincidentallyincoherentindecisiveindefinableindefiniteindefinitelyindeterminableindeterminateindiscriminateindiscriminatelyindistinctinexactinexplicableintermittentirregular
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (120)
irregularlylaxloosemeaninglessmindlessmisshapennonspecificnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformobscureoccasionaloccasionallyoddorderlessplanlesspotluckpromiscuouspurposelessrandom shot
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randomlysenselessserendipitousserendipitouslyshadowed forthshadowyshapelessspasmodicsporadicstochasticstragglingstragglystraysweepingsystemlessunaccountableunarrangeduncalculatedunclassifiedunclearundefinedundestinedundeterminedundirectedungradedunintentionalunjoinedunmethodicalunmotivatedunorderedunorganizedunplainunplannedunpremeditatedunpremeditatedlyunsortedunspecificunspecifiedunsymmetricalunsystematicunsystematicallyununiformvagueveiledwandering
Noun(23 words)
least patternedless patternedlevel of unpredictabilitymore haphazardmore nonpatternedmost nonpatternednon sequiturpick at randomrandom walkrandomizedrandomized algorithmrandomized trialsrandomizingrandomly selectedselect at randomstochasticstochastic processtossupuncertaintyunplanned
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Adjective(31 words)
markoviannondeterministicnondeterministic approachnondeterministic machinepatternlessprobabilistic modelrandomized contentrandomized datarandomized deckrandomized methodrandomized networkrandomized setrandomized trialscattershot processsporadic actionsstochastic modelstochastic modelsunordered mealsunpatternedunpatterned behavior
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unpatterned conductunpatterned dataunpatterned designsunpatterned wallsunpredictable conductunpredictable futureunpredictable outcomesunpredictiveunstable influenceunsystematic inquiryunsystematic order
Determiner(1 words)
most random sampling
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
8 entrieshaphazard arrangementrandom assignmentrandom drawrandom numberrandom samplerandom samplingrandom variableunplanned event
Collocations
9 entriesrandom assignmentrandom digitsrandom drawrandom numberrandom orderrandom processrandom samplingrandom seedrandom variable
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- произволен adj (undistinguished, average)
Catalan
1 entries- qualsevol adj (undistinguished, average)
Czech
3 entries- neodlišitelný adj (undistinguished, average)
- náhodný adj (undistinguished, average)
- průměrný adj (undistinguished, average)
Esperanto
2 entries- hazarda adj (undistinguished, average)
- hazardeca adj (undistinguished, average)
Finnish
2 entries- satunnainen adj (undistinguished, average)
- tavallinen adj (undistinguished, average)
French
1 entries- moyen adj (undistinguished, average)
German
1 entries- Durchschnitts- adj (undistinguished, average)
Hungarian
4 entries- közönséges adj (undistinguished, average)
- random adj (undistinguished, average)
- szokványos adj (undistinguished, average)
- átlagos adj (undistinguished, average)
Japanese
3 entries- 任意の adj (undistinguished, average)
- 平均的な adj (undistinguished, average)
- 適当な adj (undistinguished, average)
Macedonian
1 entries- случаен adj (undistinguished, average)
Polish
2 entries- przeciętny adj (undistinguished, average)
- statystyczny adj (undistinguished, average)
Russian
3 entries- пе́рвый попа́вшийся adj (undistinguished, average)
- произво́льный adj (undistinguished, average)
- случа́йный adj (undistinguished, average)
Slovak
2 entries- ktorýkoľvek adj (undistinguished, average)
- ľubovoľný adj (undistinguished, average)
Spanish
1 entries- cualquiera adj (undistinguished, average)
Swedish
1 entries- vanlig adj (undistinguished, average)
Thai
1 entries- เฉลี่ย adj (undistinguished, average)
Sample sentences
42 total sentences available.
Choose three books at random.
Source: tatoeba (36849)
The opinion poll was based on a random sample of adults.
Source: tatoeba (45967)
The questionnaires were distributed at random.
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Showing 4 of 42 available sentences.