---

Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

scattered or erratic, occurring irregularly, randomly, or occasionally in terms of interval or place;

e.g. Recently, there have been sporadic fights breaking out in the neighborhood.

---

Similar Words

Alternate

Aperiodic

Between

Casual

Catchy

Contingent

Discontinuous

Episodic

Erratic

Fitful

Hit-and-miss

Infrequent

Intermittent

Interrupted

Irregular

Isolated

Noncontinuous

Occasional

Odd

Rare

Scattershot

Shotgun

Spasmodic

Spastic

Spotty

Unsteady

---

Opposite Words

Ceaseless

Changeless

Commoner

Continual

Continued

Continuing

Continuous

Continuously

Cyclic

Cyclical

Daily

Day-to-day

Diurnal

Equable

Even

Everyday

Familiar

Frequent

Garden-variety

Household

Incessant

Interminable

Methodical

Nonstop

Or

Orderly

Perpetual

Quotidian

Regular

Routine

Running

Stable

Stationary

Systematic

Ubiquitous

Unbroken

Unceasing

Unchanging

Uniform

Uninterrupted

Unrelenting

Unremitting

Unvarying

Unwavering

Usual

---

Related Words

Aimless

Arbitrary

Broken

Capricious

Cataclysmic

Catch-as-catch-can

Changeable

Changeful

Continual

Convulsive

Desultory

Disconnected

Discontinuous

Erratic

Fickle

Fitful

Fluctuating

Fluid

Fragmentary

Haphazard

Helter-skelter

Hit-and-miss

Hit-or-miss

Inconstant

Intermittent

Interrupted

Irregular

Mercurial

Mutable

Odd

On and off

Periodic

Periodical

Random

Recurrent

Recurring

Scarce

Slapdash

Spasmodic

Spotty

Stormy

Stray

Sudden

Temperamental

Tempestuous

Tumultuous

Turbulent

Uncommon

Unique

Unpredictable

Unstable

Unsteady

Unusual

Variable

Violent

Volatile

---

Comments

---

Company