'arbitrary' definitions:
Definition of 'arbitrary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" [ant: nonarbitrary, unarbitrary]
Synonyms of 'arbitrary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- autarchic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bossy,
- capricious,
- careless,
- chance,
- chancy,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- dogmatic,
- domineering,
- doubtful,
- elective,
- erratic,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- feudal,
- flaky,
- freakish,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- grinding,
- harebrained,
- heedless,
- high-handed,
- humorsome,
- iffy,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- impetuous,
- inadvertent,
- inconsiderate,
- inconsistent,
- independent,
- indiscreet,
- irrational,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- lordly,
- maggoty,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- monocratic,
- moody,
- motiveless,
- nonmandatory,
- notional,
- offered,
- oppressive,
- optional,
- oracular,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- peremptory,
- petulant,
- precipitate,
- proffered,
- quirky,
- random,
- rash,
- reasonless,
- repressive,
- screwball,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- severe,
- spontaneous,
- strict,
- subjective,
- summary,
- suppressive,
- temperamental,
- thoughtless,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalculating,
- uncalled-for,
- uncertain,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- uncompromising,
- unconstrained,
- undisciplined,
- unforced,
- unguarded,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpredictable,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreasonable,
- unreasoning,
- unreflecting,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unrestrained,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- vagarious,
- vagrant,
- varying,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- wild,
- willful,
- zany