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Definitions

at random

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

Example Sentences

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Apparently at random, Evans broke into a Jeep Wagoneer rented by a choreographer and dancer for Beyoncé on 8 July 2025, as the singer's Cowboy Carter tour was coming to Atlanta.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

He and his team selected 50 stocks at random from the 500 largest companies by market capitalization each month since 1999, assigning them equal starting weights.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Because these changes can happen at random, even a single error can disrupt a calculation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

At K1 Speed, all drivers compete in identical cars assigned at random, which puts the emphasis on driving skill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

And it’s true that Miss Brown did not attack me at random.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

at random

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