Synonyms of errant

errant

adjective

ˈer-ənt 

1

as in mischievous

engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior

blamed the prank on errant students

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischievous
• naughty
• bad
• rude
• rebellious
• contrary
• selfish
• childish
• misbehaving
• froward
• wayward
• improper
• wild
• wicked
• immature
• defiant
• impudent
• recalcitrant
• uncontrollable
• disrespectful
• unruly
• disobedient
• juvenile
• insolent
• obstreperous
• uncouth
• balky
• indecorous
• corrupt
• refractory
• rascally
• willful
• impish
• intractable
• unmannerly
• ornery
• roguish
• prankish
• impolite
• untoward
• dissolute
• headstrong
• waggish
• evil
• wrongheaded
• knavish
• ungovernable
• ill-mannered
• rowdy
• disorderly
• restive
• elfish
• mutinous
• perverse
• thoughtless
• monkeying
• ruffianly
• ill-natured
• unkind
• inconsiderate
• insurgent
• arch
• transgressing
• infantile
• pixieish
• unkindly
• monkeyish
• puerile
• jejune
• babyish
• disobliging
• kiddish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• correct
• proper
• orderly
• dutiful
• moral
• behaved
• nice
• obedient
• compliant
• clean
• decent
• divine
• respectable
• acquiescent
• complying
• thoughtful
• submissive
• kindly
• courteous
• decorous
• polite
• heavenly
• angelic
• considerate
• amenable
• behaving
• docile
• pleasant
• amiable
• tractable
• modest
• good-natured
• complaisant
• discreet
• cherubic
• mature
• adult
• mannerly
• obliging
• governable
• grown-up

2

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place

the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nomadic
• nomad
• peregrine
• itinerant
• peripatetic
• roving
• roaming
• wandering
• migrant
• vagrant
• ranging
• ambulatory
• wayfaring
• on the move
• fugitive
• ambulant
• vagabond
• perambulatory
• migratory
• gallivanting
• walking
• drifting
• footloose
• meandering
• rambling
• sauntering
• traipsing
• strolling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• static
• stationary
• standing
• settled
• immobile
• still
• nonmoving
• motionless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of errant

Qualley locates defensive purpose in Maya’s stiff reserve, and an errant gleam of joy when Charlie’s dorky come-ons actually do the job. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Torkelson doubled off Spencer Arrighetti in the eighth and scored from second base when Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk made an errant pickoff throw to third. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

The preliminary investigation found that Denning had approached the three men to apologize for an errant shot. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Video effects back then were in their infancy and costly, but Geffen authorized an overrun and the errant Coke machine was transformed into an anonymous red blob. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

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