All occasional synonyms
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O o adjective occasional
- infrequent — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- 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.
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- intermittent — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- random — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
- odd — differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- exceptional — Unusual; not typical.
- exclusive — An item or story published or broadcast by only one source.
- few — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- incidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- off and on — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- seldom — on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore.
- special — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
- frequent — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
adverb occasional
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.