Definition for Fits and starts:

• repeated bursts of activity; " they worked in fits and starts"

Synonyms for Fits and starts:

• adj.

  •aimless (adjective)
  • haphazard,
  • irresolute,
  • indecisive,
  • hit-or-miss,
  • pointless,
  • fortuitous,
  • fickle,
  • erratic,
  • frivolous,
  • capricious,
  • purposeless,
  • wanton,
  • stray,
  • shiftless,
  • random,
  • drifting,
  • unpredictable,
  • unavailing,
  • vagrant,
  • careless,
  • unplanned,
  • casual,
  • wandering,
  • indiscriminate,
  • fanciful,
  • accidental,
  • blind,
  • chance,
  • heedless,
  • any which way,
  • thoughtless,
  • desultory.
  •spasmodic (adjective)
  • changeable,
  • bits and pieces,
  • fitful,
  • convulsive,
  • periodic,
  • intermittent,
  • spotty,
  • on-again-off-again,
  • uncertain,
  • choppy,
  • shaky,
  • jerky,
  • spurtive,
  • irregular,
  • spastic.
  •sporadic (adjective)
  • rare,
  • uncommon,
  • infrequent,
  • occasional,
  • scarce,
  • scattered,
  • isolated,
  • seldom.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • fits and starts.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • few,
  • flighty,
  • wayward,
  • aimless,
  • directionless,
  • goalless,
  • spasmodic,
  • sporadic,
  • undirected,
  • unguided,
  • Objectless,
  • Unfrequent,
  • bits-and-pieces,
  • semioccasional.
  •n.
  • burst,
  • fit.

Antonyms for Fits and starts:

• adj.

  • aimless
    determined, pointed, sensible, systematic, motivated, directed, definite, methodical, purposeful, specific, resolute, goal-oriented, particular.
  • spasmodic
    Resting, uninterrupted.
  • sporadic
    dependable, usual, common, continuous, even, frequent, constant, regular.

Hyponym for Fits and starts:

• n.

  • act
    fit, burst.