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intermittent
[in-ter-mit-nt] 
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intermittent
[in-ter-mit-nt]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, fitful, here and there, hit-or-miss, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterant, iterative, metrical, now and then, occasional, on and off, periodic, periodical, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, shifting, spasmodic, stop-and-go |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, continuing, perpetual, regular |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontinuous |
| Synonyms: | disconnected, disturbed, erratic, fragmentary, incomplete, intermittent, interrupted, irregular, spasmodic, spastic |
| Antonyms: | complete, connected, continuous, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | fitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | bits and pieces, broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, fluctuating, haphazard, herky-jerky, hit-or-miss, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, on-again-off-again, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, shifting, spasmodic, spastic, spotty, unstable, variable |
| Antonyms: | constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, repeated |
| Synonyms: | a good many, commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, iterated, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, pleonastic, profuse, recurrent, recurring, redundant, reiterated, reiterative, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various |
| Antonyms: | inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unrepeated, unusual |
| Main Entry: | inconstant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changeable |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeful, erratic, fickle, flickering, fluctuating, impulsive, inconsistent, intermittent, irregular, irresolute, mercurial, shifting, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, variable, varying, volatile, waffling, wavering |
| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, variable |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, aimless, capricious, casual, changeable, designless, desultory, disconnected, discontinuous, eccentric, erratic, faltering, fitful, fluctuating, fragmentary, haphazard, hit-or-miss, inconstant, indiscriminate, infrequent, intermittent, jerky, nonuniform, occasional, out of order, patchy, purposeless, recurrent, shaky, shifting, spasmodic, sporadic, uncertain, unconsidered, uneven, unmethodical, unpunctual, unreliable, unsettled, unsteady, unsystematic, up and down, weaving |
| Antonyms: | conventional, methodical, regular, systematic |
| Main Entry: | occasional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | casual, desultory, especial, exceptional, exclusive, few, incidental, infrequent, intermittent, not habitual, odd, off and on, particular, random, rare, scarce, seldom, special, specific, uncommon, unfrequent, unusual |
| Antonyms: | constant, frequent, regular, steady, usual |
| Main Entry: | periodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at fixed intervals |
| Synonyms: | alternate, annual, at various times, centennial, cyclic, cyclical, daily, epochal, every once in a while, every so often, fluctuating, hourly, infrequent, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, monthly, occasional, on certain occasions, on-again-off-again, orbital, perennial, periodical, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, rhythmic, routine, seasonal, serial, spasmodic, sporadic, weekly, yearly |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, irregular, lasting, permanent, sporadic, variable |
| Main Entry: | perpetual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continual, lasting |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ceaseless, constant, continued, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, going on, immortal, imperishable, incessant, infinite, interminable, intermittent, never-ceasing, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, persistent, recurrent, recurring, reoccurring, repeated, repeating, repetitious, returning, sempiternal, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unending, unfailing, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end |
| Antonyms: | brief, ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, temporary, transient |
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