Thesaurus:occasionally

Thesaurus:occasionally

THESAURUS

occasionally

English

Sense: at relatively infrequent intervals

Detail: Of an abnormal frequency (not necessarily in an abnormal manner).

Synonyms

• at times (idiomatic)

• every now and then (idiomatic)

• every so often (idiomatic)

• from time to time (idiomatic)

• infrequently

• irregularly

• now and again (idiomatic)

• now and then (idiomatic)

• occasionally

• on occasion

• once in a blue moon (idiomatic)

• once in a while (idiomatic)

• rarely

• seldom

• sometimes

• sporadically

• uncommonly

Antonyms

• usually    [WS]

Hypernyms

• specifically    [WS]

Various

• flakily

• intermittently

• unreliably

See also

• Thesaurus:unusually (in an abnormal manner)

Further reading

• “136. frequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “occasionally” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.