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Synonyms for aimless
adj having no goal- desultory
- erratic
- frivolous
- haphazard
- indiscriminate
- pointless
- random
- accidental
- any which way
- bits-and-pieces
- blind
- capricious
- careless
- casual
- chance
- directionless
- drifting
- fanciful
- fickle
- fits and starts
- flighty
- fortuitous
- goalless
- heedless
- hit-or-miss
- indecisive
- irresolute
- objectless
- purposeless
- shiftless
- stray
- thoughtless
- unavailing
- undirected
- unguided
- unplanned
- unpredictable
- vagrant
- wandering
- wanton
- wayward
Antonyms for aimless
- definite
- methodical
- particular
- sensible
- specific
- systematic
- determined
- directed
- goal-oriented
- motivated
- pointed
- purposeful
- resolute
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
desultory
adjective. random
empty
adjective. fruitless, ineffective
- aimless
- banal
- barren
- cheap
- dead
- deadpan
- devoid
- dishonest
- dumb
- expressionless
- fatuous
- flat
- frivolous
- futile
- hollow
- idle
- ignorant
- inane
- ineffectual
- inexpressive
- insincere
- insipid
- jejune
- meaningless
- nugatory
- otiose
- paltry
- petty
- purposeless
- senseless
- silly
- trivial
- unintelligent
- unreal
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantial
- vacuous
- vain
- valueless
- vapid
- worthless
feckless
adjective. without purpose
haphazard
adjective. without plan or organization
- accidental
- aimless
- all over the map
- any old way
- any which way
- arbitrary
- careless
- casual
- chance
- designless
- desultory
- devil-may-care
- disorderly
- disorganized
- erratic
- fluke
- helter-skelter
- hit-or-miss
- incidental
- indiscriminate
- irregular
- loose
- offhand
- purposeless
- random
- reckless
- slapdash
- slipshod
- spontaneous
- sudden
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- unconsidered
- uncoordinated
- unexpected
- unmethodical
- unorganized
- unpremeditated
- unsystematic
- unthinking
- willy-nilly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.