erratic
erratic is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
- adjective. Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
- adjective. Irregular; changeable.
- noun. One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.
- noun. A rogue.
- noun. Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.
- adjective. liable to sudden unpredictable change
"erratic behavior"
"fickle weather"
- adjective. likely to perform unpredictably- Osbert Lancaster
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
- adjective. having no fixed course
"an erratic comet"
"his life followed a wandering course"
Synonyms
fickle, mercurial, quicksilver, temperamental, planetary, wandering
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in erratic:
Common word forms
erratics, erratical, erraticness
Words from these letters
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