Meaning & Definition of Erratic in English
English⟶
Erratic
/ɪrætɪk/
adjective
1. Liable to sudden unpredictable change
- "Erratic behavior"
- "Fickle weather"
- "Mercurial twists of temperament"
- "A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
synonym:
- erratic,
- fickle,
- mercurial,
- quicksilver(a)
2. Having no fixed course
- "An erratic comet"
- "His life followed a wandering course"
- "A planetary vagabond"
synonym:
- erratic,
- planetary,
- wandering
3. Likely to perform unpredictably
- "Erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
- "A temperamental motor
- Sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
- "That beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- osbert lancaster
synonym:
- erratic,
- temperamental