Thesaurus / on-again-off-again
other words for on-again-off-again
MOST RELEVANT
- annual
- intermittent
- monthly
- occasional
- recurrent
- recurring
- regular
- repeated
- routine
- seasonal
- sporadic
- weekly
- yearly
- periodical
- alternate
- at various times
- centennial
- cyclic
- cyclical
- daily
- epochal
- every once in a while
- every so often
- fluctuating
- hourly
- infrequent
- isochronal
- isochronous
- on certain occasions
- orbital
- perennial
- rhythmic
- serial
- spasmodic
opposites of on-again-off-again
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS
We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
The badness of the gunpowder used by the Mexicans, was again of great service to us.
WORDS RELATED TO ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN
- 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
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