Synonyms for trial-and-error
tri·al-and-error

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1. trial and erroradjective

   experimenting until a solution is found

   Synonyms:
   trial and error

   Antonyms:
   theoretical, theoretic, algorithmic

2. trial-and-erroradjective

   trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated

   "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"

   Antonyms:
   algorithmic, theoretic, theoretical

3. trial-and-erroradjective

   relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory

   "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"

   Antonyms:
   algorithmic, theoretical, theoretic

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1. Georg Riedel:

   What we do is – by trial and error, with the help of the winemaker – fine-tune the shape to the expression he likes, we feel like architects. An architect has his own vision, but at the end of the day it’s the customer who tells him how his house or his apartment will be built.

2. T.R. Threston:

   If you believe in yourself (even if no one else does) then keep trying until you succeed. Success isn’t for a few “lucky” people, it comes from trial and error, and, failure is a huge part of becoming successful provided you learn from your past mistakes, and, make a conscious effort to change what doesn’t work.

3. Jessica Cox:

   I had numerous flight instructors and contributors to my training to figure this out, so, it was a three-year process to figure out through trial and error what would work.

4. Aimee Osbourne:

   It’s been a frustrating journey, a lot of trial and error. For years it felt like I was swimming in the ocean, all by Aimee Osbourne, i’ve lived through a lot of dark environments one way or another while growing up and that has influenced my songwriting. And, yes, I suppose melancholy is a running theme. [ But ] I never had to battle for my identity. I have always been me.

5. Marc Hagan-Guirey:

   These are the product of a lot of patience and a lot of trial and error, for me, though, I link this back to my childhood. I've always made things out of stuff you'd otherwise put in the bin. My currency was toilet roll tubes and cereal boxes. I would make fortresses for my action figures out all sorts of things. Cleaned out tin cans with both ends opened made perfect sewer pipes for Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle action figures.