Random

Quick meaning: Random is a noun meaning A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

Meaning

A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
2. (mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
3. (printing, historical) A frame for composing type.
4. Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
5. (statistics) 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.
6. (obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
7. (obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.

Example Sentences

The party was boring. It was full of randoms.

O ! many a shaft, at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant !

Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily.

Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random.

Word Forms

• randoms
• randoming
• randomed

Synonyms for random

Depending on context, synonyms include vagrant, force, momentum, speed, velocity, rando.

Antonyms for random

Common opposites include nonrandom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hit-or-miss, haphazard, unselected, stochastic, inconsistent, inadvertent.

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