All infrequent synonyms
in·fre·quent
I i adj infrequent
- rare — Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne
- meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- odd — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- few — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- isolated — compact
- limited — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- scanty — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- seldom — on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- scant — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- few and far between — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
adjective infrequent
- intermittent — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- fitful — coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- exceptional — Unusual; not typical.