randomness
Order's complete absence
Randomness is the quality of lacking pattern, predictability, or purpose.
In statistics and computing, randomness describes outcomes determined by chance rather than design: The randomness of the shuffle ensures fair card distribution.
Colloquially, randomness often means quirky unpredictability or arbitrary variety: I love the randomness of thrift store finds.
The word can carry positive connotations of spontaneity or negative ones of chaos, depending on context.
Quantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
gamble · dice · coinflip · roulette · draw · raffle · wager · betting
Unplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- discoveryAct of finding something
- fortuneWealth or destiny
luck · kismet · providence · windfall · unexpected · fortuitous · happenstance · chance encounter
Chaotic flow patterns
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
tumult · disarray · confusion · disorder · noise · entropy · fluctuation · irregularity
Marked cubes for chance
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- drawCreate with pencil
- dealAgreement or distribution
- cardStiff paper rectangle
spinner · lottery · slot machine · roulette · bingo · keno · craps · poker
Sudden urge to act
- whimSudden arbitrary desire
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
arbitrariness · haphazard · unplanned · impromptu · instinctive · ad-lib · freestyle · extemporaneous
Unpredictable number producer
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- pseudorandomAlgorithmically generated, mimicking chance
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- Monte CarloProbability estimation through randomness
simulation · noise · hash · shuffle · sampling · generator · deterministic · cryptographic
State of varied elements
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- eclecticismCombining from multiple sources
multiplicity · scatter · distribution · spread · dispersion · sampling · selection · range
Science of heat-energy relationships
- information theoryMathematics of encoding signals
- BoltzmannEntropy-probability linking physicist
- heat deathUniverse's final entropic state
- microstatesExtremely small sovereign nations
disorder · uncertainty · Shannon · bit · noise · signal · compression · coding
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
lottery · gamble · dice · coinflip · roulette · draw · raffle · wager · betting · toss-up
coincidence
Unplanned matching of events
fortune · luck · kismet · providence · windfall · unexpected · fortuitous · happenstance · chance encounter · synchronicity
turbulence
Chaotic flow patterns
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- bedlamState of wild disorder
havoc · tumult · disarray · confusion · disorder · noise · entropy · fluctuation · irregularity · unpredictability
dice
Marked cubes for chance
card · spinner · lottery · slot machine · roulette · bingo · keno · craps · poker · blackjack
impulse
Sudden urge to act
- whimSudden arbitrary desire
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
caprice · arbitrariness · haphazard · unplanned · impromptu · instinctive · ad-lib · freestyle · extemporaneous · offhand
RNG
Unpredictable number producer
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- pseudorandomAlgorithmically generated, mimicking chance
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
Monte Carlo · simulation · noise · hash · shuffle · sampling · generator · deterministic · cryptographic · permutation
diversity
State of varied elements
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
- assortmentMixed collection of things
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
eclecticism · multiplicity · scatter · distribution · spread · dispersion · sampling · selection · range · spectrum
thermodynamics
Science of heat-energy relationships
- information theoryMathematics of encoding signals
- BoltzmannEntropy-probability linking physicist
- heat deathUniverse's final entropic state
microstates · disorder · uncertainty · Shannon · bit · noise · signal · compression · coding · quantum
- probabilityprobability, chance, odds, luck, likely
- game developmentgame engine, game design, game engines, game designer, rendering
- randomnesscoin flips, dice rolls, unpredictability, lottery numbers, entropy
- Arbitrarinesscaprice, whimsy, capriciousness, haphazardness, unpredictability
- information theoryentropy, bit, bits, information theory, binary digit
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
randomnesspredictability
Capacity to be anticipated
certainty · inevitability · regularity · foreknowledge · reliability
randomnessorder
Methodical arrangement or request
pattern · structure · organization · regularity · arrangement
randomnessdeterminism
Doctrine of causal necessity
intentionality · design · purpose · deliberateness · planning
random, randomly, randomized, randomize, nonrandom, randomization, randomizing