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Synonyms for irregular
ɪˈrɛg yə lərir·reg·u·lar
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgentnoun
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Synonyms:
freedom fighter, rebel, insurrectionist, second, guerilla, insurgent, guerrillaAntonyms:
timed, official, well-ordered, rule-governed, first-string, full-time, regular, stock, standard, prescribed, perfect, uniform, even, normal, continual, lawful, conventional, weak, standingirregular, secondadjective
merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
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endorsement, second base, instant, insurgent, secondment, s, minute, second gear, second, moment, indorsement, guerilla, guerrilla, sec, mo, bit, arcsecondAntonyms:
timed, regular, even, continual, perfect, rule-governed, stock, normal, weak, full-time, first-string, official, well-ordered, standard, conventional, lawful, uniform, standing, prescribedirregularadjective
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
"irregular hiring practices"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
even, perfect, continual, lawful, rule-governed, stock, prescribed, uniform, regular, weak, standard, well-ordered, official, standing, timed, full-time, normal, first-string, conventionalirregular, unpredictableadjective
not occurring at expected times
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maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
continual, well-ordered, timed, weak, even, official, prescribed, lawful, stock, uniform, standing, conventional, perfect, full-time, normal, rule-governed, regular, first-string, standardirregularadjective
(used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
"irregular troops"; "irregular warfare"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
stock, conventional, continual, weak, timed, rule-governed, even, full-time, first-string, regular, prescribed, official, perfect, lawful, normal, well-ordered, uniform, standard, standingirregularadjective
(of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
standard, normal, regular, prescribed, well-ordered, uniform, perfect, official, continual, rule-governed, weak, timed, stock, conventional, first-string, standing, even, lawful, full-timeirregularadjective
falling below the manufacturer's standard
"irregular jeans"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
continual, rule-governed, standing, official, regular, standard, prescribed, uniform, stock, weak, timed, lawful, conventional, normal, even, first-string, full-time, perfect, well-orderedatypical, irregularadjective
deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
"these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, untypical, unorthodox, unpredictable, temporaryAntonyms:
conventional, stock, official, lawful, weak, uniform, perfect, regular, prescribed, first-string, full-time, timed, even, normal, standing, continual, well-ordered, rule-governed, standardirregular, temporaryadjective
lacking continuity or regularity
"an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, impermanent, temporaryAntonyms:
prescribed, conventional, lawful, official, continual, regular, rule-governed, normal, standing, full-time, stock, perfect, well-ordered, weak, uniform, even, standard, timed, first-stringirregularadjective
(of a surface or shape); not level or flat or symmetrical
"walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
even, standing, lawful, perfect, first-string, full-time, weak, uniform, timed, regular, continual, prescribed, rule-governed, normal, standard, conventional, stock, well-ordered, officialirregular, maverick, unorthodoxadjective
independent in behavior or thought
"she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
Synonyms:
maverick, atypical, unpredictable, unorthodox, temporaryAntonyms:
normal, regular, timed, stock, full-time, even, rule-governed, prescribed, uniform, well-ordered, lawful, official, standard, conventional, weak, continual, perfect, first-string, standing
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
irregularadjective
Synonyms:
anomalous, abnormal, anomalistic, unusual, unconformable, aberrant, exceptional, eccentric, erratic, deviousirregularadjective
Synonyms:
uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, variable, changeable, not uniformirregularadjective
Synonyms:
immethodical, out of order, unsymmetricalirregularadjective
Synonyms:
disorderly, inordinate, immoral, wild
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
irregularadjective
Synonyms:
inconformable, abnormal, anomalous, exceptional, unsymmetrical, unusual, erose, baroque, aberrant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "irregular":
erratic, illegal, uneven, improper, clandestine, abnormal, jagged, patchy, irregularity, irregularly, undocumented, unlawful, non-formal, thready, inconsistent, non-regular, informal
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#90 | s | |
#486 | second | |
#982 | bit | |
#1975 | sec | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2189 | mo | |
#2258 | moment | |
#2535 | broken | |
#2783 | instant | |
#3556 | illegal | |
#3606 | temporary | |
#4537 | rolling | |
#5548 | rough | |
#7210 | informal | |
#8420 | rebel | |
#9635 | endorsement | |
#11656 | abnormal | |
#12012 | inconsistent | |
#12142 | rugged | |
#12565 | unlawful | |
#13530 | improper | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#14739 | inclined | |
#18829 | unpredictable | |
#19072 | maverick | |
#21612 | uneven | |
#21939 | guerrilla | |
#27246 | atypical | |
#28062 | undocumented | |
#28454 | jagged | |
#29305 | guerilla | |
#31949 | erratic | |
#32642 | sloping | |
#33098 | clandestine | |
#36031 | patchy | |
#36962 | insurgent | |
#38997 | hilly | |
#40876 | unorthodox | |
#51563 | irregularity | |
#54432 | irregularly | |
#67373 | secondment | |
#95044 | slanting | |
#126479 | impermanent | |
#166315 | indorsement | |
#168884 | arcsecond | |
#206716 | untypical |
How to use irregular in a sentence?
The administration has not been forthcoming about the circumstances about the border generally and certainly not concerning the handling of UACs [unaccompanied alien children], they’ve been flown about the country in the dark of night, there have been all sorts of irregular and housing decisions made that have been discovered by media from time to time. But Congress can’t learn of them. We’ve had hard times since the beginning of the Biden administration obtaining quantification of information. There have been delays of reports that are regularly published by DHS.
In Europe and obviously not only in Italy, there have to be some centres in which irregular migrants must wait to be repatriated without being able to escape.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:
I am sure these challenges will be solved through our cooperation and Turkey is ready to work with the EU, turkey is ready to be a member of the EU as well. Today I hope this summit will not just focus on irregular migration but also the Turkish accession process to the EU.
The responsible authorities and the internet users are equally confused, even if the enforcement is irregular, they know the simple option is to increase pressure.
Through our security controls and protocols, we identified irregular activity in one of our environments, we immediately contained the matter and isolated the affected servers. We fully restored our affected systems from back up. There was no impact on Accenture's operations, or on our clients' systems.
Translations for irregular
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- irregularCatalan, Valencian
- nepravidelnýCzech
- uregelmæssigDanish
- irregulär, unregelmäßigGerman
- άτακτος, αντικανονικός, ασύμμετρος, ανώμαλος, ακανόνιστοςGreek
- neregularaEsperanto
- irregularSpanish
- بی رویهPersian
- säännötön, epäsäännöllinenFinnish
- irrégulierFrench
- neamhrialtaIrish
- अनियमितHindi
- szabálytalanHungarian
- ա� կա� ո� Armenian
- tidak teraturIndonesian
- óreglulegurIcelandic
- irregolareItalian
- לֹא סָדִירHebrew
- 変則的, 不揃い, 不同, 不規則Japanese
- � �규칙한Korean
- anomalus, inconditusLatin
- kōiheihe, tipirori, tipihori, tipitahaMāori
- onregelmatigDutch
- uregelmessigNorwegian
- nieregularnyPolish
- assimétrico, desigual, irregularPortuguese
- iregular, neregulat, nereglementarRomanian
- нестандартный, неправильныйRussian
- oregelbundenSwedish
- ஒழுங்கற்றTamil
- సక్రమంగా లేనిTelugu
- ไม่สม่ำเสมอThai
- düzensizTurkish
- нерегулярнийUkrainian
- غیر قانونیUrdu
- không thường xuyênVietnamese
- ירעגיאַלערYiddish
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