Definition for Patchy:

• Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

Synonyms for Patchy:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • patchy.
  •piecemeal (adjective)
  • by fits starts,
  • by fits and starts,
  • most intermittently,
  • little by little,
  • most gradually,
  • more intermittently,
  • step by step,
  • most partially,
  • more gradually,
  • most fitfully,
  • more partially.
  •speckled (adjective)
  • particolored,
  • freckled,
  • Peppered,
  • punctate,
  • brindled,
  • studded.
  •spotted (adjective)
  • pieder,
  • most blotched,
  • more blotched,
  • spotted,
  • piedest.
  •spotty (adjective)
  • pimpliest,
  • pimplier,
  • most on-again-off-again,
  • more on-again-off-again,
  • most on again off again,
  • un-equal,
  • more on again off again,
  • un equal,
  • flickering.
  •spotty, not consistent (adjective)
  • fitful,
  • random.
  •uneven (adjective)
  • more asperous,
  • unsymmetrical,
  • un fairer,
  • un-symmetrical,
  • un smoother,
  • unsmoothest,
  • more ill-matched,
  • un-fair,
  • non symmetrical,
  • onesided,
  • un smooth,
  • dis-proportionate,
  • re maining,
  • most ill matched,
  • un fairest,
  • unsmoother,
  • non-symmetrical,
  • more illmatched,
  • more ill matched,
  • un even,
  • un-smoothest,
  • most ill-matched,
  • more differing,
  • over-balanced,
  • illmatched,
  • un-balanced,
  • most overbalanced,
  • un-level,
  • more overbalanced,
  • offbalance,
  • one sided,
  • un smoothest,
  • more unsymmetrical,
  • over balanced,
  • un-smooth,
  • un-fairer,
  • un level,
  • overbalanced,
  • most nonsymmetrical,
  • un symmetrical,
  • most unlevel,
  • more nonsymmetrical,
  • ill matched,
  • scraggier,
  • dis proportionate,
  • more unlevel,
  • most unsymmetrical,
  • un-even,
  • off-balance,
  • most differing,
  • most illmatched,
  • un fair,
  • un-fairest,
  • not parallel,
  • most asperous,
  • un-smoother.
  •wanting (adjective)
  • de void,
  • unfulfilled,
  • not to par,
  • dis appointing,
  • be reft,
  • more away,
  • most cooked,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • not up par,
  • co oked,
  • more cooked,
  • dis-appointing,
  • wanting,
  • de-void,
  • be-reft,
  • un fulfilled,
  • co-oked,
  • more unfulfilled,
  • out gas,
  • most away,
  • sub standard,
  • sub-standard,
  • not par,
  • un-fulfilled.

• a. & adv.

  •piecemeal (adjective, adverb)
  • gradual.

• n.

  •
  • outstanding,
  • abortive,
  • sketchy,
  • superficial,
  • light touch,
  • pending.
  •
  • same,
  • continue,
  • the rights and wrongs of something,
  • erratic,
  • cut both ways,
  • variable,
  • mixed,
  • work both ways,
  • unsteady,
  • a double-edged/two-edged sword,
  • Two-edged.
  •
  • in patches,
  • in places,
  • at intervals.
  •sketchy (noun)
  • irregular,
  • varying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • localized,
  • forgivable,
  • double-edged sword,
  • venial,
  • pardonable,
  • mixed blessing,
  • excusable.
  •
  • locally,
  • scattered,
  • inconsistent.

Paraphrases for Patchy:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    irregular, scattered, unequal, sporadic, inconsistent, inequitable, disparate, lopsided, incoherent, ragged, inadequate, mixed, partial, asymmetrical, insufficient, dispersed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    fragmented, fragmentary, piecemeal, sparse, incomplete, uneven, erratic, heterogeneous, spotty, deficient.

Antonyms for Patchy:

• adj.

  • spotty, not consistent
    even, continuous, smooth, regular, level, unspotted, consistent.

Patchy Sentence Examples:

• In color he was superior, though somewhat violent at times, and in brush - work he was often labored and patchy.

• A patchy perspiration breaks out about the body and quarters, and the tail is outstretched and quivering.