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- pronunciation:
- ih
rae
tihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not occurring predictably or consistently; unpredictable.
His erratic attendance does not instill confidence.erratic flooding- synonyms:
- irregular, sporadic, unpredictable
- antonyms:
- predictable, regular, unvarying
- similar words:
- capricious, fickle, fitful, inconsistent, intermittent, random, spotty, volatile, wayward
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| definition 2: |
having no fixed course or direction.
erratic breezes- synonyms:
- changeable, fluctuating, inconsistent, irregular, variable
- antonyms:
- unvarying
- similar words:
- errant, haphazard, random, unpredictable, wild
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| definition 3: |
deviating from that which is usual or accepted; eccentric.
erratic ideas- synonyms:
- aberrant, anomalous, eccentric, odd, queer
- antonyms:
- conventional, orthodox
- similar words:
- crackpot, deviant, irregular, peculiar, unconventional, unorthodox
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| related words: |
bizarre, flighty, freak, irresponsible, mercurial, moody, occasional, uncertain, unstable |
adverb + (adj.)erratic
bit, extremely, highly, increasingly, notoriously, somewhat, wildly
(adj.)erratic
+ adverb
best, frequently, sometimes
(adj.)erratic
+ noun
attendance,
beat,
beating,
behavior,
behaviour,
boulder,
course,
diet,
distribution,
driver,
driving,
earnings,
eating,
enforcement,
fashion,
flight,
habit,
harvest,
heartbeat,
hop,
leadership,
manner,
mood,
motion,
movement,
offense,
orbit,
path,
pattern,
performance,
performer,
play,
pounding,
progress,
pulse,
quarterback,
rainfall,
rhythm,
schedule,
scheduling,
signal,
spark,
supply,
swing,
temper,
temperament,
trajectory,
variation,
weather,
wind
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person who behaves in an erratic manner.
- synonyms:
- crackpot, crank, eccentric, oddball
- similar words:
- nut, weirdo
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| derivation: |
erratically (adv.) |
The word erratic
contains the following parts:
err
Latin
root
that means error, wander
  Example words:
-ic
Latin and Greek
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ic
attaches to roots and words of Greek or Latin origin to form adjectives. A few words ending in -ic
(magic
, critic
, music
) were adjectives that became nouns in Greek before they entered English, also as nouns.
Example words:
abiotic, acerbic, acidic, aerobic, agnostic, analgesic, anthropocentric, antibiotic, aquatic, civic, comic, critic, democratic, domestic, dramatic, eccentric, economic, erratic, erotic, euphoric, euphotic, fantastic, heliocentric, geometric, magic, microscopic, music, pathetic, periodic, philosophical, physical, physics, psychic, sonic, sympathetic
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