Synonyms for on occasion
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uh-key-zhuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkeɪ ʒən |
Top 10 synonyms for on occasion
- a single time
- all at once
- alternately
- anon
- at intervals
- at one time
- at random
- at that instant
- at that moment
- at that point
- at that time
- at times
- away back
- back
- back when
- before long
- betimes
- but once
- bygone
- discontinuously
- erstwhile
- ever and again
- ever and anon
- evermore
- every once in a while
- extra
- fluctuating
- formerly
- frequently
- from time to time
- hardly
- hardly ever
- here and there
- heretofore
- in few instances
- in the old days
- in the olden days
- in times gone by
- in times past
- infrequently
- intermittently
- irregularly
- late
- later
- long ago
- next
- not often
- now and again
- now and then
- occasionally
- oddly
- off and on
- old
- on occasion
- on one occasion
- on that occasion
- once and again
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once only
- once or twice
- once upon a time
- one
- one time before
- one time previously
- only one time
- particularly
- peculiarly
- periodically
- previously
- quondam
- rarely
- recurrently
- remarkably
- scarcely ever
- seldom
- sometime
- sometimes
- soon after
- sporadically
- strangely
- suddenly
- thereupon
- this time
- time was
- uncommonly
- unusually
- vacillating
- variably
- very
- when
- whilom
- years ago
Définition of on occasion
Origin :- late 14c., "opportunity; grounds for action, state of affairs that makes something else possible; a happening, occurrence," from Old French ochaison, ocasion "cause, reason, excuse, pretext; opportunity" (13c.) or directly from Latin occasionem (nominative occasio) "opportunity, appropriate time," in Late Latin "cause," from occasum, occasus, past participle of occidere "fall down, go down," from ob "down, away" (see ob-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). The notion is of a "falling together," or juncture, of circumstances.
- As in now and then : adv once in a while
- As in occasionally : adv every now and then
- As in off and on : adv intermittently
- As in on and off : adv intermittently
- As in once : adv in the past; occurred one time only
- As in once in a while : adv occasionally
- As in sometimes : adv every now and then
- As in then : adv before; at another time
- As in uncommonly : adv infrequently
- As in at times : adv now and then
- As in ever and again : adv every now and then
- As in intermittently : adv at times
Antonyms for on occasion
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