ARBITRARY Synonyms

• changeable

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

• effortless and unstudied

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• marked by blithe unconcern

• without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• occurring on a temporary or irregular basis

• characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

• natural and unstudied

• not showing effort or strain

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• a risk involving danger

• a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

• the possibility of future success

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• be the case by chance

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment

• (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• having no fixed course

• likely to perform unpredictably

• without care; in a slapdash manner

• dependent upon or characterized by chance

• marked by great carelessness

• proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

• without forethought

• having the power of driving or impelling

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

• displaying a lack of consistency

• not capable of being made consistent or harmonious

• not in agreement

• lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance

• taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

• of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

• showing lack of careful thought

• without care or thought for others

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• without proper consideration or reflection

• not capable of being foretold

• unknown in advance

• not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals

• a sudden desire

• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

• Not reasoned; irrational.