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inadvertent

The word “inadvertent” has 4 syllables: in-ad-ver-tent

It's pronounced as /ˌɪn.ədˈvɝː.tənt/

What is synonym and antonym for inadvertent?

In the thesaurus, “inadvertent” has 29 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for inadvertent along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for inadvertent

  • accidental
  • aimless
  • arbitrary
  • casual
  • chance
  • coerced
  • coincidental
  • desultory
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • forced
  • fortuitous
  • freak
  • haphazard
  • incidental
  • involuntary
  • odd
  • random
  • uncertain
  • unconscious
  • unexpected
  • unforeseeable
  • unforeseen
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprompted
  • unwitting

Antonyms for inadvertent

  • calculated
  • certain
  • conscious
  • deliberate
  • destined
  • expected
  • fixed
  • foreordained
  • foreseeable
  • foreseen
  • freewill
  • inevitable
  • intended
  • intentional
  • knowing
  • planned
  • predestined
  • predetermined
  • predictable
  • premeditated
  • premeditative
  • preordained
  • prepense
  • prescribed
  • set
  • sure
  • unforced
  • voluntary
  • volunteer
  • wilful
  • willful

Meanings of inadvertent

  • adjective
    1. Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
    2. Inattentive.

Example Sentences

  • The company apologized for the inadvertent error in the report.
  • His inadvertent comment offended several people.
  • The inadvertent omission of her name caused confusion.
  • They caused inadvertent damage while renovating the room.
  • The mix-up was entirely inadvertent and unintentional.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to inadvertent, such as: accidental, aimless, arbitrary, calculated, casual, certain, chance.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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napping

  • absent-minded
  • abstracted
  • ad-lib
  • asleep
  • asleep at the switch
  • asleep on the job
  • at ease
  • at rest
  • bed
  • blundering
  • brutish
  • casual
  • catnap
  • catnapping
  • caught off guard
  • comatose
  • comfortable
  • conked
  • couching
  • crashed
  • cursory
  • daydreaming
  • dazed
  • dead to the world
  • derelict
  • disregardful
  • dopy
  • dormant
  • doze
  • dozing
  • dozy
  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dropping off
  • drowse
  • drowsing
  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • fast
  • feckless
  • flaked out
  • flat-footed
  • foolish
  • forgetful
  • forty winks
  • getting shut-eye
  • half asleep
  • hasty
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • hibernating
  • hypnotized
  • ill-considered
  • impromptu
  • improvident
  • improvised
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • in dreamland
  • in repose
  • inaccurate
  • inactive
  • inadvertent
  • inattentive
  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • indelicate
  • indifferent
  • indiscreet
  • indolent
  • inert
  • injudicious
  • insensitive
  • instinctive
  • irresponsible
  • kipping
  • lackadaisical
  • languid
  • lax
  • laying
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • loose
  • lounging
  • lulling
  • lying
  • lying down
  • mechanical
  • mesmerized
  • mindless
  • nap
  • negligent
  • nodding
  • nodding off
  • nonchalant
  • not on the job
  • not prepared
  • oblivious
  • off the cuff
  • offhand
  • on the kip
  • out
  • out cold
  • out like a light
  • out of it
  • outrageous
  • oversleeping
  • perfunctory
  • played by ear
  • pococurante
  • quiet
  • rapid eye movement
  • rash
  • recessing
  • reckless
  • reclining
  • regardless
  • relaxing
  • remiss
  • repose
  • reposing
  • rest
  • restful
  • resting
  • roosting
  • rude
  • sacked out
  • selfish
  • semiconscious
  • senseless
  • shut-eye
  • siesta
  • sleep
  • sleeping
  • sleeping in
  • sleepwalking
  • sleepy
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • sluggish
  • slumber
  • slumbering
  • slumberous
  • slumbrous
  • snooze
  • snoozing
  • snoozy
  • snoring
  • somnambulant
  • somnolent
  • soothing
  • soporific
  • sound
  • spaced out
  • spontaneous
  • stretched-out
  • surprised
  • tactless
  • taken off guard
  • taking a break
  • taking forty winks
  • taking it easy
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unalert
  • unaware
  • uncaring
  • uncircumspect
  • unconcerned
  • unconscious
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unguarded
  • unheeding
  • unintended
  • unmeant
  • unmindful
  • unobservant
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unready
  • unreasoning
  • unreflective
  • unrehearsed
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • unsuspecting
  • untactful
  • unthinking
  • untrained
  • unvigilant
  • unwatchful
  • unwinding
  • unwise
  • vacant
  • vulnerable
  • wasteful
  • winged
  • wink
  • witless
  • zoned out
  • zs

lamebrained

random

uncalculated

accidental

  • adventitious
  • aimless
  • alien
  • arbitrary
  • casual
  • chance
  • coerced
  • coincidental
  • contingent
  • desultory
  • exterior
  • external
  • extraneous
  • extrinsic
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • forced
  • foreign
  • fortuitous
  • freak
  • haphazard
  • immaterial
  • inadvertent
  • inapplicable
  • incidental
  • insignificant
  • involuntary
  • irrelevant
  • nonessential
  • odd
  • outside
  • random
  • supervenient
  • uncalculated
  • uncertain
  • unconscious
  • unessential
  • unexpected
  • unforeseeable
  • unforeseen
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unnecessary
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprompted
  • unwitting

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