What is another word for sporadic?
299 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ spɔːɹˈadɪk], [ spɔːɹˈadɪk], [ s_p_ɔː_ɹ_ˈa_d_ɪ_k]
Sporadic is an adjective that refers to something that occurs irregularly or intermittently. There are several synonyms for sporadic, such as occasional, infrequent, erratic, scattered, isolated, patchy, and irregular. These words share the same idea of something happening at unpredictable intervals or in an uneven pattern. Other possible synonyms for sporadic could be sporogenous, occasionalism, occasionalist, or sporadial. These words might not be as common as the previously mentioned ones, but they can still effectively convey the idea of something being irregular or intermittent. In conclusion, whether you use common or uncommon synonyms, the objective is to express the idea of sporadic in various ways.
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Similar words for sporadic:
- capricious (adjective)
- few (adjective)
- incoherent (adjective)
- infrequent (adjective)
- irregular (adjective)
- motiveless (adjective)
- spasmodic (adjective)
- "on-again, off-again" (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- episodic (adjective)
- on and off (adjective)
- on-again, off-again (adjective)
- periodic (adjective)
- rare (adjective)
- scarce (adjective)
- scattered (adjective)
- sparse (adjective)
- spotty (adjective)
- standout (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- stray (noun)
- unpredictable (noun)
Synonyms for Sporadic:
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adj.
• capricious- Flitting ,
- arbitrary ,
- capricious ,
- changeable ,
- erratic ,
- fanciful ,
- fickle ,
- fitful ,
- fleeting ,
- flighty ,
- fluctuating ,
- fly-by-night ,
- frivolous ,
- impulsive ,
- indecisive ,
- random ,
- scatterbrained ,
- vacillating ,
- volatile ,
- wayward ,
- whimsical .
- Unfrequent ,
- few and far between ,
- not too many ,
- scarcely any ,
- semioccasional ,
- widely spaced ,
- inconsiderable ,
- insufficient ,
- meager ,
- middling ,
- not many ,
- piddling ,
- some ,
- trifling .
- broken ,
- detached ,
- disarticulated ,
- disconnected ,
- discontinuous ,
- disjointed ,
- dispersed ,
- divergent ,
- fuzzy ,
- incoherent ,
- inconsistent ,
- lax ,
- loose ,
- non-cohesive ,
- nonadhesive ,
- noncontiguous ,
- nonuniform ,
- unconsolidated .
- isolated ,
- occasional ,
- odd ,
- unusual .
- Designless ,
- asymmetric ,
- desultory ,
- eccentric ,
- inconstant ,
- intermittent ,
- irregular ,
- jerky ,
- uneven ,
- unmethodical ,
- unpunctual ,
- unrhythmical ,
- unsystematic ,
- variable ,
- fragmentary ,
- up and down .
- Systemless ,
- adrift ,
- ambivalent ,
- careless ,
- chancy ,
- haphazard ,
- motiveless ,
- nonsystematic ,
- rambling ,
- reasonless ,
- spastic ,
- wandering .
- bits and pieces ,
- convulsive ,
- fits and starts ,
- spurtive ,
- bits pieces ,
- fits starts ,
- more convulsive ,
- more spastic ,
- more spurtive ,
- most convulsive ,
- most spastic ,
- most spurtive .
- dis connected ,
- dis cursive ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-cursive ,
- dis-jointed ,
- episodic ,
- more picaresque ,
- more segmented ,
- most picaresque ,
- most segmented ,
- segmented .
- by bits pieces ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis-continuing ,
- here there ,
- more checked ,
- more discontinuing ,
- more iterant ,
- more punctuated ,
- more stop and go ,
- more stop-and-go ,
- most checked ,
- most discontinuing ,
- most iterant ,
- most punctuated ,
- most stop and go ,
- most stop-and-go ,
- on again, off again ,
- stop and go .
- epochal ,
- every once a while ,
- every once in a while ,
- every once in while ,
- every once while ,
- hourlier ,
- hourliest ,
- hourly ,
- monthlier ,
- monthliest ,
- more centennial ,
- more epochal ,
- more on again off again ,
- more on-again-off-again ,
- more orbital ,
- more periodical ,
- more recurring ,
- more seasonal ,
- most centennial ,
- most epochal ,
- most on again off again ,
- most on-again-off-again ,
- most orbital ,
- most periodical ,
- most recurring ,
- most seasonal ,
- re curring ,
- re gular ,
- re-curring ,
- re-gular ,
- weeklier ,
- weekliest .
- extra-ordinary ,
- in conceivable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- more attenuate ,
- more attenuated ,
- more recherche ,
- most attenuate ,
- most attenuated ,
- most recherche ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out ordinary ,
- out the ordinary ,
- rarest ,
- sub tile ,
- sub tiler ,
- sub-tile ,
- sub-tiler ,
- subtiler ,
- subtilest ,
- un imaginable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un thinkable ,
- un wonted ,
- un-imaginable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely ,
- un-thinkable ,
- un-wonted .
- more outre ,
- more uncustomary ,
- most outre ,
- most uncustomary ,
- out of way ,
- out the way ,
- out way ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un accustomed ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un conventional ,
- un customary ,
- un familiar ,
- un-accustomed ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-customary ,
- un-familiar .
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n.
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- acute ,
- advanced ,
- asymptomatic ,
- autoimmune ,
- benign ,
- catching ,
- chronic ,
- clinical ,
- communicable ,
- congenital .
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- continue .
Other synonyms:
- few ,
- occasionally ,
- sometimes .
- scarce .
- maybe .
- on again .
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How to use "Sporadic" in context?
Sporadic means occurring at irregular intervals. Sporadic phenomena can be things like wild fires, traffic jams, and power outages. They can also be natural events like hurricanes and earthquakes.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
intermittent, occasional.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
accidental, casual, contemporaneous, different, dispersed, fragmented, inconsistent, indiscriminate, infrequent, irregular, patchy, piecemeal, rare, one-time, point-in-time.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
episodic, fragmentary, random, scattered, sparse.
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Adjective
Homophones for Sporadic:
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