errant[adjective]Synonyms: erratic, devious, stray, wandering, aberrant, erring, fallible, errable
Antonyms: inerrant
Contrasted words: static, unmoving, perfect, trustworthy
Related Idioms: off the straight and narrow
Related Words: drifting,
itinerant,
meandering,
rambling,
ranging,
roaming,
roving,
shifting,
straying,
deviating,
wandering,
misbehaving,
mischievous,
naughty,
aberrant,
erring,
unreliable [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
er‧rant /ˈerənt/
adjective [only before noun] old-fashioned[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: present participle of errare; ⇒ err]
behaving badly, usually by not obeying your parents or not being faithful to your husband or wife:
an errant wife their errant son [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲