arbitrary
adjectiveHow many syllables in arbitrary?
There are 4 syllables in the word arbitrary.How to pronounce arbitrary:
Definition of arbitrary:
- arbitrary (adjective):
- not done according to any plan or for any particular reason
- based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.
- existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
Synonyms for arbitrary:
arrogant
authoritarian
capricious
chance
commanding
demanding
dictatorial
discretional
discretionary
dominant
domineering
erratic
fanciful
high-handed
imperious
impulsive
inconsistent
optional
overbearing
peremptory
personal
random
subjective
totalitarian
tyrannical
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Antonyms for arbitrary:
arranged
businesslike
careful
chosen
coherent
conscientious
considered
consistent
controlled
coordinated
critical
definite
deliberate
dependable
designed
disciplined
discriminating
discriminatory
efficient
exact
exclusive
fastidious
fixed
formal
homogeneous
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- unrequited
- solidify
- peripheral
- open-minded
- contradiction
- amiable
- coriander
- astoundingly
- victorious
- soliloquy
- liberally
- persnickety
- purposefully
- importunate
- uneatable
- fatalistic
- sequoia
- autonomy
- sufferable
- effortlessly
- transparently
- implacable
- despairingly
- mundanity
- illiterate
- regularize
- ineptitude
- persuaded
- ungracious
- misogamist
- imitative
- vindicative
- uncompleted
- publication
- dismissible
- beautifulness
- festivities
- prepubescent
- irresolute
- disquieting
- nonconformist
- restoration
- impassable
- versifier
- chedorlaomer
- funereal
- postpositive
- decimeter
- corrugation
- tumefaction
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