scattershot

The word “scattershot” has 3 syllables: scat-ter-shot

It's pronounced as /ˈskætɚˌʃɑt/


What is synonym and antonym for scattershot?

In the thesaurus, “scattershot” has 43 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for scattershot

  • accidental
  • aimless
  • arbitrary
  • casual
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • chance
  • chancy
  • contingent
  • desultory
  • directionless
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • erratic
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • haphazard
  • helter-skelter
  • hit-or-miss
  • inadvertent
  • incidental
  • indiscriminate
  • irregular
  • lucky
  • objectless
  • odd
  • purposeless
  • random
  • scattered
  • shotgun
  • slapdash
  • sporadic
  • spot
  • stray
  • unconsidered
  • undirected
  • undiscriminating
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unselective
  • unsystematic

Antonyms for scattershot

  • arranged
  • aware
  • conscious
  • constant
  • continuous
  • deliberate
  • established
  • even
  • fixed
  • managed
  • methodic
  • methodical
  • nonrandom
  • orchestrated
  • ordered
  • orderly
  • organized
  • planned
  • purposeful
  • regular
  • set
  • stable
  • steady
  • systematic
  • systematized
  • thoughtful
  • wilful
  • willful

Meanings of scattershot

  • adjective
    1. Covering a broad range in a random and unsystematic way.

Example Sentences

  • His approach to problem-solving was too scattershot to be effective.
  • The marketing campaign felt scattershot, lacking a clear focus.
  • She gave a scattershot explanation that confused everyone.
  • Critics called the movie's plot scattershot and poorly structured.
  • Instead of a scattershot effort, we need a strategic plan.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scattershot, such as: accidental, aimless, arbitrary, arranged, aware, casual, catch-as-catch-can.

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

Related Words

random

  • accidental
  • adventitious
  • aimless
  • arbitrary
  • by-the-way
  • casual
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • chance
  • chancy
  • contingent
  • designless
  • desultory
  • directionless
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • driftless
  • erratic
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • haphazard
  • helter-skelter
  • hit-or-miss
  • inadvertent
  • incidental
  • indiscriminate
  • irregular
  • lucky
  • objectless
  • odd
  • promiscuous
  • purposeless
  • scattered
  • scattershot
  • shotgun
  • slapdash
  • sporadic
  • spot
  • stray
  • unaimed
  • unconsidered
  • undirected
  • undiscriminating
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unselective
  • unsystematic

haphazard

  • accidental
  • accidentally
  • aimless
  • aimlessly
  • all over the map
  • any old way
  • any which way
  • anyhow
  • anyway
  • anywise
  • arbitrarily
  • arbitrary
  • at random
  • capriciously
  • careless
  • carelessly
  • casual
  • casually
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • chance
  • chancy
  • contingent
  • designless
  • desultorily
  • desultory
  • devil-may-care
  • directionless
  • disconnectedly
  • disjointedly
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • erratic
  • erratically
  • fitfully
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • fortuitous
  • fortuitously
  • half-assed
  • haphazardly
  • helter-skelter
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • hit or miss
  • hit-or-miss
  • inadvertent
  • inadvertently
  • incidental
  • indiscriminate
  • indiscriminately
  • informally
  • intermittently
  • irregular
  • irregularly
  • loose
  • lucky
  • objectless
  • odd
  • offhand
  • offhandedly
  • promiscuously
  • purposeless
  • random
  • randomly
  • reckless
  • scattered
  • scattershot
  • shotgun
  • slapdash
  • slipshod
  • spontaneous
  • sporadic
  • spot
  • spottily
  • stray
  • sudden
  • topsy-turvy
  • unconcerned
  • unconscious
  • unconsciously
  • unconsidered
  • uncoordinated
  • undirected
  • undiscriminating
  • unexpected
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unintentionally
  • unmethodical
  • unorganized
  • unplanned
  • unpredictably
  • unpremeditated
  • unselective
  • unsystematic
  • unthinking
  • unwittingly
  • whimsically
  • willy-nilly

scattered

  • accidental
  • aimless
  • arbitrary
  • bespattered
  • bestrewed
  • blanketed
  • broke up
  • casual
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • chance
  • chancy
  • cleared
  • cleared out
  • contingent
  • dappled
  • desultory
  • diffused
  • directionless
  • disappeared
  • disassembled
  • disbanded
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • dispelled
  • dispersed
  • disseminated
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • diverged
  • divided
  • dotted
  • drizzled
  • dusted
  • erratic
  • evanesced
  • evaporated
  • faded
  • flecked
  • fled
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • forked
  • fortuitous
  • haphazard
  • helter-skelter
  • hit-or-miss
  • inadvertent
  • incidental
  • indiscriminate
  • irregular
  • isolated
  • lucky
  • melted
  • objectless
  • odd
  • parted
  • peppered
  • purposeless
  • random
  • scattershot
  • segregated
  • separated
  • shotgun
  • slapdash
  • sowed
  • spattered
  • speckled
  • spilled
  • spilt
  • sporadic
  • spot
  • spotted
  • sprayed
  • spread
  • sprinkled
  • squandered
  • stippled
  • stray
  • strewed
  • studded
  • unconsidered
  • undirected
  • undiscriminating
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unselective
  • unsystematic

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