sporadic[adjective]Synonyms: intermittent, irregular, occasional, scattered, spasmodic
Antonyms: regular, frequent
Related Words: separate,
single [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
spo‧rad‧ic /spəˈrædɪk/
adjective[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: sporadicus, from Greek, from sporaden 'scattered in different places']
happening fairly often, but not regularly
Synonym : intermittent:
There has been sporadic violence downtown.—sporadically /-kli/
adverb:
The fighting continued sporadically for several days. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲