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Synonyms for erratic in English

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erratic:
- unstable; erratic; unsteady; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver; temperamental; wandering; planetary

English

Detailed Synonyms for erratic in English

erratic:

erratic adj

erratic
unstable; erratic; unsteady
- unstable adj
- erratic adj
- unsteady adj
erratic

– liable to sudden unpredictable change ¹
erratic; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver
– liable to sudden unpredictable change ¹
- erratic adj
  - erratic behavior¹
- fickle adj
  - fickle weather¹
- mercurial adj
  - mercurial twists of temperament¹
- quicksilver adj
  - a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next¹
erratic

– likely to perform unpredictably ¹
erratic; temperamental
– likely to perform unpredictably ¹
- erratic adj
  - erratic winds are the bane of a sailor¹
- temperamental adj
  - a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't¹
  - that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute¹
erratic

– having no fixed course ¹
erratic; wandering; planetary
– having no fixed course ¹
- erratic adj
  - an erratic comet¹
- wandering adj
  - his life followed a wandering course¹
- planetary adj
  - a planetary vagabond¹

Alternate Synonyms for "erratic":

planetary; wandering; unsettled
fickle; mercurial; quicksilver; changeable; changeful
temperamental; unreliable; undependable

Related Definitions for "erratic":

liable to sudden unpredictable change¹
- erratic behavior¹
likely to perform unpredictably¹
- erratic winds are the bane of a sailor¹
having no fixed course¹
- an erratic comet¹

Related Synonyms for erratic

erratic block

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University