Antonyms for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom

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1. seldomadverb

   Antonyms:
   frequently, often

   Synonyms:
   hardly, barely, rarely, scarcely, infrequently

2. seldomadverb

   infrequently, rarely.

   A suppressed and seldom anger. Jeremy Taylor.

   Synonyms:
   scarcely, rarely, barely, hardly, infrequently

   Antonyms:
   frequently, often

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. seldom

   Antonyms:
   commonly, frequently, uniformly, systematically, habitually, regularly, often, invariably

   Synonyms:
   rarely, infrequently, occasionally, inconstantly, hardly ever

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:4.5 / 11 votes

1. rarely, seldomadverb

   not often

   "we rarely met"

   Synonyms:
   rarely

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1. seldomadverb

   Synonyms:
   infrequently, rarely

How to use seldom in a sentence?

1. G. I. Gurdjieff:

   It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

2. Indira Gandhi:

   Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

3. Prof. F. A. P. Aveling:

   The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laugther, like weeping is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.

4. The President:

   Today is about pursuing common sense and fighting -- fighting for a cause like we seldom get the chance to fight for.

5. Brian Sutton-Smith:

   The parent who gets down on the floor to play with a child on Christmas Day is usually doing a most remarkable thing -- something seldom repeated during the rest of the year. These are, after all, busy parents committed to their work or their success in the larger society, and they do not have much left-over time in which to play with their children.

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