SPASTIC Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

spastic

adjective

ˈspa-stik

Definition of spastic

as in sporadic

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence even after the formal surrender, spastic violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city

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Recent Examples of spastic His daughter, Jessica, was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025 When the wind blew, the pool-cue saplings rattled and raked, opening and closing my shooting lanes with the spastic unpredictability of a flickering lightbulb. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2025 Each of these families has a child with spastic paraplegia 50 (SPG50), a rare neurological disorder that affects fewer than 100 people in the world. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025 Now approaching her second birthday, Lydia has been diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy—a severe form of brain injury that affects all four limbs and her trunk, significantly impacting mobility and muscle control. — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spastic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spastic

Adjective

Bahrain and Kuwait, which have continued to face sporadic Iranian attacks, will have the lowest staffing of the Gulf embassies, with three-quarters of Foreign Service members returning.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Attacks on Kenscoff have escalated The first major attack on Kenscoff occurred in January 2025, and since then, there have been sporadic attacks in the mountains surrounding the city center.

— Pierre-Richard Luxama, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sporadic

Adjective

There are occasional non-permanent exhibitions relating to architecture and design.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Their Conan is the host for the Oscars, a podcast host, a voice in Toy Story 5, a world traveler, an occasional actor, and many other things.

— Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of occasional

Adjective

With intermittent rain in the forecast over the next week, some sessions could be rescheduled or delayed for hours, corralling fans and shortening the time players have to recover for their next round.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The project is designed to turn intermittent solar generation into a more dependable power source.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of intermittent

Adjective

Officials are still investigating the exact cause, though preliminary assessments suggest an ice avalanche may have blocked a river upstream in Tibet, triggering the sudden outburst flood.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
The concierge can be contacted via WhatsApp, but response times can be slow during varying rush hours; for example, a sudden tropical rainstorm might inspire half the resort to call in for room service.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sudden

Adjective

The Salt River's first major dam, Roosevelt Dam, was completed in 1911 in an effort to tame erratic flows and wrangle its water for the nascent farming communities downstream.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026