indiscriminately

1. 1.

   in a random manner

   “the houses were randomly scattered”

   “bullets were fired into the crowd at random”

   Synonymsrandomlyhaphazardlywilly-nillyarbitrarilyat randomevery which way
2. 2.

   in an indiscriminate manner

   “she reads promiscuously”

   Synonymspromiscuously

Questions about indiscriminately

What does indiscriminately mean?

indiscriminately means "in a random manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indiscriminately?

indiscriminately has 6 syllables: in-di-scrimin-a-te-ly. The stress falls on "scrimin". In IPA it is /ˌɪndɪˈskɹɪmənətˌli/.

What is another word for indiscriminately?

Close synonyms include randomly, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indiscriminately a common word?

indiscriminately is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with indiscriminately?

42 words rhyme with indiscriminately. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.