random variable

Questions about random variable

What is another word for random variable?

It depends which random variable you mean. In the sense “a variable quantity that is random”, the synonyms are variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of random variable?

WordNet records no antonym for random variable. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for random variable come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of random variable

• Full entry for random variableAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for random variableWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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