Synonyms for Sporadic

Synonyms for "sporadic" (227 found)

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Closest matches (46)

aimless amorphous broadcast broken capricious careening casual catching catchy chance changeable changing choppy communicable contagious desultory deviating deviative deviatory different

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diffuse disarticulated disconnected discontinuous discrete disjunct disordered disorderly dispersed dispread disproportionate disseminated dissipated distributed divaricate divergent diversified diversiform

Adjective(6 words)

annual irregularcasual behaviorconvulsivedisjointed farmingdisorganized activitydispersed

Noun(2 words)

break in schedulecatnapping

Strong matches (68)

eccentric endemic epidemial epidemic epiphytotic epizootic erose erratic few fitful flickering fluctuating formless frivolous gratuitous guttering halting haphazard herky-jerky heteroclite

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Adjective(19 words)

episodicepisodic tearingfragmented developmentfragmented landscapegapped performanceinconsistent patterninfrequentinfrequent patternintermittentintermittent productionirregular data patternirregular movementirregular patternirregular publicationirregular studyirregular teachingisolated componentsisolated equipmentisolated patches

Noun(5 words)

flaking flurryingisolated thunderstormlevel of shape irregularitymore occasional

Verb(2 words)

hopscotched lapsing

Related words (113)

nonconformist nonstandard nonsymmetrical nonsystematic nonuniform occasionalon-again-off-againorderless pandemic patchy periodic periodical pestiferous pestilential piecemeal planless pluralistic promiscuous ragged rambling

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Adjective(20 words)

noncyclic exchangenonweekly occasionaloccasional instructionoccasional tearingoffbeat patchiest patchypiecemeal planningrandom resultrare creaturerare occurrencerared scattered splotchy streakyuncoordinated pricingunpredictableunstable energy descriptorunsystematic notes

Noun(3 words)

nonweekly intervalsscatter trickling

Verb(2 words)

sprinkled sputtered

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

2 entries

distribution irregularityirregularity

More specific

5 entries

patchy distributionscattered populationsporadic incidentssporadic outbreakssporadic rainfall

Collocations

6 entries

sporadic attendancesporadic burstssporadic casessporadic datasporadic eventssporadic outbreaks

Inflections

2 entries

more sporadicmost sporadic

Derivations

3 entries

sporadically sporadicity sporadicness

Antonyms

1 entries

continual

similar

12 entries

discontinuous fitful infrequent intermittent irregular isolated noncontinuous occasional periodic spasmodic stray unpredictable

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My connection has sporadic problems.

Source: tatoeba (2534606)

Apart from hearing sporadic gunfire, the day was pretty quiet.

Source: tatoeba (2654416)

Sporadic gunfire was heard in the distance.

Source: tatoeba (2807065)

Sami's movements were sporadic.

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Sporadic