random

Meanings

Plural: randoms

Adjective

• lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
  • "a random choice"
  • "bombs fell at random"
  • "random movements"

Noun

• A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
• Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
• The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
• An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
• The direction of a rake-vein.
• A frame for composing type.

Adj

• Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
• Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
• Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
• Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
• Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
• Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
• Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
• Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.

Verb

• To wander; to stray; to meander.

Synonyms

desultory, force, momentum, nobody, nonentity, rando, speed, vagrant, velocity

Antonyms

nonrandom

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