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Synonyms for occasional
əˈkeɪ ʒə nloc·ca·sion·al
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Princeton's WordNet
occasional(a)adjective
occurring from time to time
"took an occasional glass of wine"
Antonyms:
predictable, continual, frequent, regularepisodic, occasionaladjective
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"
Synonyms:
occasional(a), episodic, casual, periodicAntonyms:
continual, regular, predictable, frequentcasual, occasionaladjective
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, occasionaladjective
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
occasionaladjective
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?
Harry and William have been doing this job for long enough now that they know that they’ve got to put, if you like, occasional private grievances… aside for the sake of getting on with the job.
The girls would have outbursts. He would have occasional outbursts. They would all do the same thing and copy him. One time they removed him from the courtroom and put him a holding cell, behind a locked door with a little screen, at one point he was agitated and (said) something to the effect of 'Somebody ought to cut your head off, judge' ... And before you knew it, Bingo! He was leaping toward the judge. The bailiff tackled him in midair.
As he walked about the Capitol in a rumpled suit, almost always with a plain white shirt and pedestrian tie, carrying bulging files with the occasional paper flying away, Carl was the very picture of sober purpose and rectitude. In truth, he wasn’t unfun, in fact, he often pierced tense situations with self-deprecating humor, and he privately shared incisive observations about others with staff and colleagues.
My personal tastes are not particularly lavish, effective altruists in my experience don't feel guilty about occasional indulgences.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is an attitude.
Translations for occasional
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- عرضيArabic
- ocasionalCatalan, Valencian
- příležitostný, občasnýCzech
- okkasionell, gelegentlichGerman
- ocasionalSpanish
- satunnainenFinnish
- occasionnelFrench
- ócáideachIrish
- corraScottish Gaelic
- esetenkénti, alkalmiHungarian
- occasionaleItalian
- 偶発的, 偶然, 時折, 偶Japanese
- 가끔하는Korean
- okkażjonaliMaltese
- nu en dan, toevallig, indicenteel, af en toe, occasioneelDutch
- sporadyczny, rzadki, przypadkowyPolish
- ocasionalPortuguese
- ocazionalRomanian
- случайный, редкийRussian
- tillfälligSwedish
- அவ்வப்போதுTamil
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