Antonyms for occasional
əˈkeɪ ʒə nloc·ca·sion·al

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1. occasional(a)adjective

   occurring from time to time

   "took an occasional glass of wine"

   Antonyms:
   predictable, continual, frequent, regular

2. episodic, occasionaladjective

   occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

   "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"

   Antonyms:
   continual, regular, predictable, frequent

   Synonyms:
   occasional(a), episodic, casual, periodic

3. casual, occasionaladjective

   occurring from time to time

   "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"

   Antonyms:
   regular, predictable, continual, frequent

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, episodic, nonchalant, chance(a), occasional(a), cursory, insouciant, periodic, perfunctory, casual, everyday

4. periodic, occasionaladjective

   recurring or reappearing from time to time

   "periodic feelings of anxiety"

   Antonyms:
   continual, predictable, frequent, regular

   Synonyms:
   occasional(a), periodical, episodic, casual, periodic

How to use occasional in a sentence?

1. Dave Battle:

   It’s a continual large-scale attractant. It’s not just the occasional tent that has it, it seems to be a lot of the tents that have it, unless we can keep attractants out of tents, almost any bear that happens by there is going to end up in the camp and in tents.

2. Suvanarat Jirattanasakul:

   It was frightening because I could hear the occasional gunshot...we waited a long time for the police to come and help us, many hours.

3. Cumali Tastan:

   Throngs of young people driving around the neighborhood in cars draped with Turkish flags at night fired occasional shots in the air. Amid concern that attacks and vandalism could spark clashes as Kurdish residents complained of delayed police responses, authorities deployed riot squads in Altindag. We just watched this havoc for two days, but if they come again, we will defend ourselves.

4. Brian Todd:

   We thought it was an extraordinary situation, you see pigeons, you see squirrels, you see the occasional raccoon in the D.C. area, and ... you see deer ... We've never seen anything like this in the middle of town.

5. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:

   I would like it to be as open -- I mean, might there be an occasional moment where we think we might come together in a closed session ? Yes, but the strong presumption is to be open, and I want to see as much of it open as possible.

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