Thesaurus: random

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1. n. Force; violence.
2. n. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
3. n. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
4. n. The direction of a rake-vein.
5. a. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
6. adj. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
7. 1. Force; violence. [Obs.] For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. E. Hall. 2. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. Counsels, when they fly At random, sometimes hit most happily. Herrick. O, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! Sir W. Scott. 3. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. Sir K. Digby. 4. (Mining) The direction of a rake-vein. Raymond. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. Some random truths he can impart. Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. H. Spencer. Random courses (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. -- Random shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. -- Random work (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
8. The direction of a rake-vein. Raymond.
9. r:12/j:88 a. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance