Synonyms for intermittent
ˌɪn tərˈmɪt ntin·ter·mit·tent

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1. intermittentadjective

   stopping and starting at irregular intervals

   "intermittent rain showers"

   Antonyms:
   continual

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1. intermittentadjective

   Synonyms:
   intermitting

2. intermittentnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermittent fever, fever and ague

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1. intermittentadjective

   Synonyms:
   remittent, periodical, recurrent

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1. List of paraphrases for "intermittent":

   flashing, blinking, sporadic, flashes, bursty, discontinuous, staple

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How to use intermittent in a sentence?

1. Cayla Tikaram:

   It was really nice to talk to people who weren't in the middle of the cyclone, my friends were saying 'It's alright, keep going.' Also with the intermittent access you didn't hear anything for hours. These were friends outside of Fiji, in New Zealand, the States, Australia. I don't think anyone in Fiji had power.

2. Lynn Slawsky:

   Your body is being starved when intermittent fasting happens, people may develop binge eating disorder or bulimia as a result, leading to all sorts of other physical and psychological problems.

3. Robin Koval:

   We wanted to debunk a few things here, one,( smoking) doesn't make you more attractive, and we know the thing that young people care about most is connecting with other people, especially for romantic opportunities, and that social smoking, whatever you call it, light smoking, intermittent smoking, is smoking.

4. Lloyd Bishop:

   I’m on the intermittent fast. One minute I’m eating, the next minute I’m not. Then I’m eating again, i figure, that way, I’m only eating for 30 minutes out of 60, which is half. I’m trying to get down to 40/20, so I’m not eating for 40 and eating for 20.

5. Daniel Turner:

   We're telling developing nations that we don't want them to go through the process of developing, we don't want them to have coal or natural gas or even nuclear, we want them to use wind and solar, which is intermittent, which is ineffective, which is incredibly cost prohibitive.