What is another word for slapdash?
829 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ slˈapdaʃ], [ slˈapdaʃ], [ s_l_ˈa_p_d_a_ʃ]
The word "slapdash" is often used to describe someone who has done something hastily or carelessly without paying attention to details. There are several synonyms for the word "slapdash" that can be used to describe someone or something that lacks precision or attention to detail. Examples include haphazard, careless, slipshod, negligent, and sloppy. Each of these words shares the same meaning as "slapdash" and can be used interchangeably. Whether you are describing someone's work ethic or the quality of something produced, any of these synonyms can be used to accurately convey the idea of something done hastily or without care.
Synonyms for Slapdash:
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adj.
• hasty • neglectful- Disregardful ,
- bumbling ,
- careless ,
- clumsy ,
- derelict ,
- forgetful ,
- hit-and-miss ,
- inadvertent ,
- inattentive ,
- inconsiderate ,
- neglectful ,
- perfunctory ,
- reckless ,
- senile ,
- shoddy ,
- slovenly ,
- thoughtless ,
- unmindful .
- half assed ,
- half baked ,
- halfassed ,
- halfbaked ,
- hit miss ,
- more depthless ,
- more half assed ,
- more half-assed ,
- more halfassed ,
- most depthless ,
- most half assed ,
- most half-assed ,
- most halfassed ,
- shallower ,
- un critical ,
- un-critical .
- cutrate ,
- gossamer ,
- house cards ,
- in adequate ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-firm ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-substantial ,
- meager ,
- more chiffon ,
- more cut rate ,
- more cut-rate ,
- more cutrate ,
- more papery ,
- more rinkydink ,
- most chiffon ,
- most cut rate ,
- most cut-rate ,
- most cutrate ,
- most papery ,
- most rinkydink ,
- rickety ,
- trans parent ,
- trans-parent ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial .
- Willy nilly ,
- all over map ,
- de signless ,
- de-signless ,
- devil may care ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-orderly ,
- dis-organized ,
- fluker ,
- flukest ,
- in discriminate ,
- in-discriminate ,
- more designless ,
- more unmethodical ,
- most designless ,
- most unmethodical ,
- un concerned ,
- un conscious ,
- un coordinated ,
- un expected ,
- un methodical ,
- un organized ,
- un premeditated ,
- un systematic ,
- un thinking ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-conscious ,
- un-coordinated ,
- un-expected ,
- un-methodical ,
- un-organized ,
- un-premeditated ,
- un-systematic ,
- un-thinking ,
- unconscious ,
- willynilly .
- asleep switch ,
- asleep the switch ,
- dis regardful ,
- dis-regardful ,
- fast loose ,
- goofing off ,
- in advertent ,
- in attentive ,
- in-advertent ,
- in-attentive ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more irreflective ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most irreflective ,
- out lunch ,
- out to lunch ,
- un caring ,
- un mindful ,
- un observant ,
- un warier ,
- un wariest ,
- un wary ,
- un-caring ,
- un-mindful ,
- un-observant ,
- un-warier ,
- un-wariest ,
- un-wary .
- harum scarum ,
- harumscarum ,
- ill considered ,
- illconsidered ,
- in discreet ,
- in judicious ,
- in suppressible ,
- in-discreet ,
- in-judicious ,
- in-suppressible ,
- jumping conclusions ,
- jumping to conclusions ,
- more insuppressible ,
- more overhasty ,
- most insuppressible ,
- most overhasty ,
- over-hasty ,
- pre mature ,
- pre maturer ,
- pre maturest ,
- pre-mature ,
- pre-maturer ,
- pre-maturest ,
- un guarded ,
- un-guarded .
- bandaid ,
- makedo ,
- more band aid ,
- more band-aid ,
- more bandaid ,
- more make do ,
- more make-do ,
- more makedo ,
- more throwaway ,
- most band aid ,
- most band-aid ,
- most bandaid ,
- most make do ,
- most make-do ,
- most makedo ,
- most throwaway ,
- pro visional ,
- quick and dirty ,
- temp .
- dis ordered ,
- dis-ordered ,
- more littered ,
- more rumpled ,
- more unfastidious ,
- most littered ,
- most rumpled ,
- most unfastidious ,
- un fastidious ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-fastidious ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest .
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- in curious ,
- in-curious ,
- more discinct ,
- more unheedful ,
- most discinct ,
- most unheedful ,
- un heedful ,
- un-heedful .
- more driftless ,
- more objectless ,
- more unaimed ,
- most driftless ,
- most objectless ,
- most unaimed ,
- spoter ,
- spotest ,
- un aimed ,
- un planned ,
- un-aimed ,
- un-planned .
- asleep job ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- more defaultant ,
- more woolgathering ,
- most defaultant ,
- most woolgathering ,
- un interested ,
- un-interested .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- fly by night ,
- fouledup ,
- in accurate ,
- junkier ,
- junkiest ,
- junky ,
- messedup ,
- more botched ,
- more fouled up ,
- more fouled-up ,
- more fouledup ,
- more messed up ,
- more messed-up ,
- more messedup ,
- more screwed up ,
- more screwed-up ,
- more screwedup ,
- more unmeticulous ,
- more unthorough ,
- most botched ,
- most fouled up ,
- most fouled-up ,
- most fouledup ,
- most messed up ,
- most messed-up ,
- most messedup ,
- most screwed up ,
- most screwed-up ,
- most screwedup ,
- most unmeticulous ,
- most unthorough ,
- screwed-up ,
- screwedup ,
- un meticulous ,
- un-meticulous .
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- more quick fix ,
- more quick-fix ,
- more quickfix ,
- more smattery ,
- more warped ,
- most quick fix ,
- most quick-fix ,
- most quickfix ,
- most smattery ,
- most warped ,
- nodding ,
- on surface ,
- quick-fix ,
- quickfix ,
- shoalest ,
- skin deep ,
- skindeep ,
- sur face ,
- sur-face ,
- tip iceberg ,
- tip of iceberg ,
- tip the iceberg .
- for time being ,
- more overnight ,
- more unfixed ,
- most overnight ,
- most shifting ,
- most unfixed ,
- over-night ,
- provisory ,
- short lived ,
- shortlived ,
- suppliest ,
- un fixed ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- Messer ,
- Unorderly ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arrayed ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arrayed ,
- messest ,
- more disarranged ,
- more disarrayed ,
- more snarled ,
- more uncombed ,
- more unorderly ,
- most disarranged ,
- most disarrayed ,
- most snarled ,
- most uncombed ,
- most unorderly ,
- un combed ,
- un neat ,
- un neater ,
- un neatest ,
- un orderly ,
- un settled ,
- un tidier ,
- un tidiest ,
- un tidy ,
- un-combed ,
- un-neat ,
- un-neater ,
- un-neatest ,
- un-orderly ,
- un-settled ,
- un-tidier ,
- un-tidiest ,
- un-tidy ,
- unneater ,
- unneatest ,
- untidiest ,
- up-set .
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adv.
• irregularly • quickly -
v.
• improvise- Improvisated ,
- Improvisating ,
- dashes off ,
- dashing off ,
- de vise ,
- de vised ,
- de vising ,
- de-vise ,
- de-vised ,
- de-vising ,
- did off top head ,
- did off top of head ,
- did offhand ,
- did top head ,
- did top of head ,
- didst off top head ,
- didst off top of head ,
- didst offhand ,
- didst top head ,
- didst top of head ,
- do off top head ,
- do top head ,
- do top of head ,
- does off top head ,
- does off top of head ,
- does offhand ,
- does top head ,
- does top of head ,
- doest off top head ,
- doest off top of head ,
- doest offhand ,
- doest top head ,
- doest top of head ,
- doeth off top head ,
- doeth off top of head ,
- doeth offhand ,
- doeth top head ,
- doeth top of head ,
- doing off top head ,
- doing off top of head ,
- doing offhand ,
- doing top head ,
- doing top of head ,
- dost off top head ,
- dost off top of head ,
- dost offhand ,
- dost top head ,
- dost top of head ,
- doth off top head ,
- doth off top of head ,
- doth offhand ,
- doth top head ,
- doth top of head ,
- ex temporize ,
- ex temporized ,
- ex temporizes ,
- ex temporizing ,
- ex-temporize ,
- ex-temporized ,
- ex-temporizes ,
- ex-temporizing ,
- faked it ,
- fakes it ,
- faking it ,
- improvisates ,
- improvs ,
- improvved ,
- improvving ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- makes do ,
- slapdashed ,
- slapdashes ,
- slapdashing ,
- spake cuff ,
- spake off cuff ,
- spake off the cuff ,
- spake the cuff ,
- speak cuff ,
- speak off cuff ,
- speak the cuff ,
- speaking cuff ,
- speaking off cuff ,
- speaking the cuff ,
- speaks cuff ,
- speaks off cuff ,
- speaks off the cuff ,
- speaks the cuff ,
- spoke cuff ,
- spoke off cuff ,
- spoke off the cuff ,
- spoke the cuff ,
- threw together ,
- throwing together ,
- throws together .
Other synonyms:
- foolhardy ,
- harum-scarum ,
- headlong ,
- hotheaded ,
- impetuous ,
- impulsive ,
- incautious ,
- madcap ,
- precipitate ,
- rash .
- improvident ,
- messy ,
- untidy .
- hasty .
Other relevant words:
- ADLIB ,
- IMPROV ,
- Improvisate ,
- ad lib ,
- dash off ,
- dashed off ,
- do off top of head ,
- do offhand ,
- fake it ,
- made do ,
- make do ,
- making do ,
- speak off the cuff ,
- speaking off the cuff ,
- throw together .
- Absent-minded ,
- Bunglingly ,
- Designless ,
- Disregardfully ,
- Headforemost ,
- Hot-headed ,
- Hurry-skurry ,
- Perfunctoriness ,
- Precipitantly ,
- Roughhew ,
- Slam-bang ,
- Unguardedly ,
- accident-prone ,
- account ,
- adumbrate ,
- aeronaut ,
- aimless ,
- airily ,
- airman ,
- amain ,
- amateur ,
- amateurish ,
- any old way ,
- any which way ,
- anyhow ,
- apace ,
- at once ,
- at random ,
- aviator ,
- awkwardly ,
- bad job ,
- bang ,
- banknote ,
- beak ,
- bill ,
- billhook ,
- blind ,
- bluntly ,
- boggy ,
- bolt ,
- botch ,
- breakneck ,
- brief ,
- broad ,
- broadsheet ,
- broadside ,
- bungling ,
- by forced marches ,
- card ,
- carelessly ,
- casual ,
- casually ,
- catch-as-catch-can ,
- chaotic ,
- chaotically ,
- cheap ,
- clumsily ,
- confused ,
- confusedly ,
- cursorily ,
- cursory ,
- desperate ,
- desperately ,
- desultory ,
- devil-may-care ,
- directly ,
- disconnected ,
- discontinuous ,
- disordered ,
- disorderly ,
- disorganized ,
- emergency ,
- erratic ,
- evenly ,
- exactly ,
- expedient ,
- expeditious ,
- expeditiously ,
- extemporize ,
- eyeshade ,
- festinate ,
- feverish ,
- feverishly ,
- firmly ,
- fleeting ,
- flier ,
- flimsy ,
- flyer ,
- flying ,
- forgetfully ,
- frankly ,
- free ,
- full tilt ,
- furious ,
- furiously ,
- general ,
- handbill ,
- haphazardly ,
- happen what may ,
- hastily ,
- head and shoulders ,
- head over heels ,
- headfirst ,
- heedless ,
- heedlessly ,
- heels over head ,
- helter-skelter ,
- hit-or-miss ,
- holus-bolus ,
- hotfoot ,
- hotheadedly ,
- hurried ,
- hurriedly ,
- hurry-scurry ,
- immediate ,
- immediately ,
- impetuously ,
- imprecise ,
- improvised ,
- imprudent ,
- impulsively ,
- in a hurry ,
- in haste ,
- in passing ,
- inaccurate ,
- inattentively ,
- incautiously ,
- inconsiderately ,
- indefinite ,
- indiscriminate ,
- inexact ,
- instant ,
- instantly ,
- irregular ,
- irregularly ,
- irresponsible ,
- jury-rigged ,
- kraut ,
- lackadaisical ,
- last-minute ,
- lax ,
- like crazy ,
- like mad ,
- loose ,
- mad ,
- madly ,
- makeshift ,
- meaningless ,
- messily ,
- messiness ,
- momentary ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- mussy ,
- nominal ,
- non-specific ,
- nonchalant ,
- not serious ,
- notice ,
- offhand ,
- offhandedly ,
- on the run ,
- once over lightly ,
- one-dimensional ,
- outspokenly ,
- overeager ,
- overeagerly ,
- overenthusiastic ,
- overenthusiastically ,
- overzealous ,
- overzealously ,
- panicky ,
- passing ,
- pell-mell ,
- perfunctorily ,
- personally ,
- posting ,
- precipitately ,
- precipitous ,
- precipitously ,
- pro tem ,
- promiscuous ,
- promiscuously ,
- prompt ,
- promptly ,
- quick ,
- quickly ,
- rambling ,
- random ,
- rapid ,
- rashly ,
- recklessly ,
- regardlessly ,
- rigidly ,
- rough ,
- rough out ,
- roughcast ,
- severely ,
- short-range ,
- short-term ,
- sincerely ,
- slack ,
- slap ,
- slap-bang ,
- sloppily ,
- smack ,
- snap ,
- speedily ,
- speedy ,
- spontaneously ,
- spot ,
- squashy ,
- stand-by ,
- starkly ,
- sternly ,
- stiffly ,
- stopgap ,
- straight ,
- straightforwardly ,
- strictly ,
- stringently ,
- summary ,
- superficial ,
- superficially ,
- swampy ,
- swift ,
- swiftly ,
- tactlessly ,
- temporary ,
- tentative ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- throwaway ,
- tirade ,
- tumultuous ,
- unconnected ,
- unheedfully ,
- unheedingly ,
- unmindfully ,
- unobservant ,
- unorganized ,
- unprofessional ,
- unspecific ,
- unstructured ,
- unsystematic ,
- unthinking ,
- unthinkingly ,
- unthorough ,
- unwarily ,
- unwary ,
- urgent ,
- vague ,
- visor ,
- wanton ,
- wantonly ,
- waterlogged ,
- wild ,
- wildly ,
- with a rush ,
- with dispatch .
- Depthless ,
- Discinct ,
- Driftless ,
- Insuppressible ,
- Irreflective ,
- Objectless ,
- all over the map ,
- asleep at switch ,
- asleep at the switch ,
- asleep on job ,
- band aid ,
- behindhand ,
- chiffon ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- defaultant ,
- disarrayed ,
- for the time being ,
- fouled-up ,
- half-assed ,
- haphazard ,
- head-strong ,
- house of cards ,
- in disorder ,
- in firm ,
- make-do ,
- messed-up ,
- negligent ,
- not clean ,
- on the surface ,
- over hasty ,
- over night ,
- overhasty ,
- overnight ,
- papery ,
- remiss ,
- rinkydink ,
- shoaler ,
- slipshod ,
- sloppy ,
- smattery ,
- supplier ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- unaimed ,
- uncombed ,
- unfastidious ,
- unfixed ,
- unheedful ,
- unmethodical ,
- unmeticulous ,
- unneat ,
- up set ,
- woolgathering .
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How to use "Slapdash" in context?
Slapdash is a derogatory term for a sloppy or unfinished job. It is typically used to describe the quality of work characteristic of someone who is not thorough or organized.
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