Definitions

random

[ran-duhm] / ˈræn dəm /

ADJECTIVE

haphazard, chance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accidental aimless arbitrary incidental indiscriminate irregular odd unplanned

WEAK

adventitious by-the-way casual contingent designless desultory driftless fluky fortuitous hit-or-miss objectless promiscuous purposeless slapdash spot stray unaimed unconsidered unpremeditated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

essential methodical planned systematic

WEAK

definite particular specific

Example Sentences

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"The answer isn't 'completely random' or 'completely deterministic and predictable.' And yet, examining short time scales, we can find predictable, repeatable evolutionary patterns."

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Some might blench at being told how complex systems “evolve in both deterministic and stochastic ways”; might ‘predictable and random’ have sufficed?

From Nature • Jun. 11, 2019

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