sporadic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids
Related & opposite
- noncontinuous also see
- infrequent also see
- continual antonym
- fitful similar to
- intermittent similar to
- periodic similar to
- irregular similar to
- stray similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | noncontinuous |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | infrequent |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | continual |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fitful |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | intermittent |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | periodic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | irregular |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stray |