All epochal synonyms

adjective epochal

• irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
• sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
• fitful — coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
• infrequent — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
• occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
• periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
• recurrent — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
• recurring — occurring or appearing again.
• seasonal — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
• alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
• arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
• broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
• checked — Something that is checked has a pattern of small squares, usually of two colours.
• cyclic — Cyclic means the same as cyclical.
• cyclical — A cyclical process is one in which a series of events happens again and again in the same order.
• discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
• discontinuous — not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
• here and there — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
• hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
• interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
• isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
• isochronous — isochronal.
• iterant — characterized by repetition; repeating.
• iterative — repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
• metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
• on and off — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
• periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
• rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
• rhythmical — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
• serial — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
• spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
• stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
• consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
• crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
• decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
• far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
• fateful — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
• historic — well-known or important in history: a historic building; historic occasions.
• meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
• memorable — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
• notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
• pivotal — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
• significant — important; of consequence.
• weighty — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
• big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
• considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
• critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
• earth-shattering — earthshaking.
• grave — the grave accent.