What are some alternative words for occasional?
Synonyms for occasional
əˈkeɪ ʒə nl
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Princeton's WordNet
occasional(a)(adj)
occurring from time to time
"took an occasional glass of wine"
Antonyms:
predictable, continual, frequent, regularepisodic, occasional(adj)
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"
Synonyms:
occasional(a), episodic, casual, periodicAntonyms:
continual, regular, predictable, frequentcasual, occasional(adj)
occurring from time to time
"casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, episodic, nonchalant, chance(a), occasional(a), cursory, insouciant, periodic, perfunctory, casual, everydayAntonyms:
regular, predictable, continual, frequentperiodic, occasional(adj)
recurring or reappearing from time to time
"periodic feelings of anxiety"
Synonyms:
occasional(a), periodical, episodic, casual, periodicAntonyms:
continual, predictable, frequent, regular
Dictionary of English Synonymes
occasional(a.)
Synonyms:
incidental, accidental, casual, irregular
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "occasional":
casual, episodic, non-daily, sporadic, accidental, one-time, respite, incidental, infrequent, contingent, customized, spin-off
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#756 | daily | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#4833 | casual | |
#5417 | customized | |
#7935 | periodic | |
#8529 | occasional | |
#11733 | accidental | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#13621 | incidental | |
#18052 | periodical | |
#22368 | respite | |
#27660 | sporadic | |
#31918 | effortless | |
#32135 | infrequent | |
#40664 | fooling | |
#41061 | episodic | |
#49265 | cursory | |
#92204 | perfunctory | |
#103712 | nonchalant | |
#265579 | insouciant |
How to use occasional in a sentence?
Throngs of young people driving around the neighborhood in cars draped with Turkish flags at night fired occasional shots in the air. Amid concern that attacks and vandalism could spark clashes as Kurdish residents complained of delayed police responses, authorities deployed riot squads in Altindag. We just watched this havoc for two days, but if they come again, we will defend ourselves.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
A tracker will give you the occasional crazy reading, but most of the readings will be quite a bit closer than that.
It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
Translations for occasional
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- عرضيArabic
- ocasionalCatalan, Valencian
- občasný, příležitostnýCzech
- okkasionell, gelegentlichGerman
- ocasionalSpanish
- satunnainenFinnish
- occasionnelFrench
- ócáideachIrish
- corraScottish Gaelic
- esetenkénti, alkalmiHungarian
- occasionaleItalian
- 偶, 時折, 偶然, 偶発的Japanese
- 가끔하는Korean
- okkażjonaliMaltese
- occasioneel, af en toe, toevallig, nu en dan, indicenteelDutch
- sporadyczny, przypadkowy, rzadkiPolish
- ocasionalPortuguese
- ocazionalRomanian
- случайный, редкийRussian
- tillfälligSwedish
- அவ்வப்போதுTamil
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