ADJECTIVE | all | erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
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all | erratic, planetary, wandering | having no fixed course | |
all | erratic, temperamental | likely to perform unpredictably |
Sounds | ihrae'tihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | liable to sudden unpredictable change. | |
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Example | "erratic behavior" | |
Synonyms | fickle, mercurial, quicksilver | |
Broader | changeable, changeful | Such that alteration is possible |
Spanish | imprevisible, inconstante, voluble | |
Catalan | imprevisible, inconstant, voluble | |
Adverbs | erratically | in an erratic unpredictable manner |
Meaning | Having no fixed course. | |
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Example | "an erratic comet" | |
Synonyms | planetary, wandering | |
Broader | unsettled | not settled or established |
Spanish | errabundo, errante | |
Catalan | errant |
Meaning | likely to perform unpredictably. | |
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Example | "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor" | |
Synonym | temperamental | |
Broader | unreliable, undependable | not worthy of reliance or trust |
Spanish | errático, temperamental |
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