Definitions

at random

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chance adj.
hit or miss adj.
anyhow adv.
blindly adv.
helter-skelter adv.
occasionally adv.

ADJECTIVE

chance

Synonyms

STRONG

contingent incidental

WEAK

adventitious by-the-way casual fluky fortuitous fortunate happy inadvertent lucky odd offhand unforeseen unintentional unlooked-for unplanned

Antonyms

WEAK

designed foreseeable planned understood

ADJECTIVE

hit or miss

Synonyms

WEAK

by chance haphazardly

ADVERB

anyhow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyway

WEAK

about any which way around at any rate haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random randomly regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly

ADVERB

blindly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimlessly frantically indiscriminately instinctively madly wildly

WEAK

confusedly in all directions pell-mell purposelessly

Antonyms

WEAK

carefully cautiously considerately purposely reasonably sensibly

ADVERB

helter-skelter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

haphazard headlong jumbled

WEAK

about any which way anyhow anywise around cluttered disorderly hastily higgledy-piggledy hit-or-miss hotfoot hurriedly impetuously in confusion incautiously incontinently irregular muddled pell-mell random randomly rashly recklessly topsy-turvy tumultuously unmindfully wildly

Antonyms

WEAK

carefully methodical organized straight systematic

ADVERB

occasionally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hardly infrequently periodically seldom sometimes sporadically

WEAK

at intervals at times every so often from time to time irregularly now and again on occasion once in a blue moon once in a while once or twice uncommonly

Antonyms

WEAK

always constantly frequently regularly steadily usually

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at random

The kids who lose these contests aren’t chosen at random.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

There, again, if enough people pick stocks at random, some of them will make a fortune through sheer chance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the brokerage in years past had to plead with issuers to set aside stock for the company’s IPO Access program, which distributes allocated retail shares at random to interested customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Twenty MPs are drawn at random, who then get a chance to propose a bill, with those drawn last given priority for debate.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Their flight last night had been wild and at random.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

at random

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