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synonyms for off and on

  • alternately
  • at intervals
  • at times
  • every once in a while
  • every so often
  • fluctuating
  • from time to time
  • irregularly
  • now and then
  • occasionally
  • on occasion
  • once in a while
  • sometimes
  • sporadically
  • vacillating
  • variably
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to off and on, such as: alternately, at intervals, at times, every once in a while, every so often, and fluctuating.

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How to use off and on in a sentence

Miss Charlotte's temper is past all the last few weeks, she is that off-and-on and changeable like and spirity.
THE SQUIRE OF SANDAL-SIDEAMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR
If he'd a reg'lar task to do, He never took no rest; Or if 'twas off-and-on—the same— He done his level best.
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
The mate answered in the negative and advised proceeding under half sail and standing off-and-on till daybreak.
IN THE TRACK OF THE TRADESLEWIS R. FREEMAN
And it puzzled folk that the rivalry of the two men should be bound up in a curious off-and-on sort of intimacy.
BACK O' THE MOONOLIVER ONIONS
There was a subject to which I had given some years of off-and-on study.
THE YOUNG MAN AND THE WORLDALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
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WORDS RELATED TO OFF AND ON

  • erratically
  • irregularly
  • off and on
  • restlessly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.