Synonyms for episodic
ˌɛp əˈsɒd ɪk, -ˈzɒd-episod·ic

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1. episodicadjective

   of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes

   "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

   Synonyms:
   occasional

   Antonyms:
   lasting, permanent, united, predictable

2. episodic, occasionaladjective

   occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

   "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"

   Synonyms:
   occasional(a), occasional, casual, periodic

   Antonyms:
   predictable, permanent, united, lasting

3. episodicadjective

   limited in duration to a single episode

   "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

   Synonyms:
   occasional

   Antonyms:
   predictable, permanent, united, lasting

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1. List of paraphrases for "episodic":

   casual, occasional, non-daily

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How to use episodic in a sentence?

1. Justin Fuller:

   This quarter was comparatively better but it wasn't resounding, trading is still largely episodic.

2. Kian Saneii:

   We have a broken healthcare system based on an episodic model of fixing things, for the elderly, the goal is to prevent the next stage of care as long as possible, and dealing with isolation can help with that.

3. Steven Barr:

   Since the economic recovery has been sluggish and episodic, retailers can come to this season with strategies to not go promotional, but it only takes one or two to begin going promotional (to disrupt their strategies).

4. Charles McCarry:

   I was never in the bureaucracy, always in the theater, ive consciously tried not to romanticize anything, especially not intelligence work. Ive always said that Ive been writing a series of episodic, naturalistic novels. The people just happen to be spies, politicians, civil servants. If pediatricians lived lives in which the manipulation of emotions were the tools of the trade, I probably would have written about them.

5. Joel Fuhrman:

   Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state, the longer we live.