intermittent

Meaning

Adj

1. Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
2. (specifically) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.

Noun

An intermittent fever or disease.

Opposite of

steady, constant, continual

Synonyms

irregular

sporadic

spasmodic

fitful

broken

occasional

periodic

recurrent

remittent

discontinuous

interval

keyed

noncontinuous

on and off

pause

periodical

scattered

spotty

strong

successive

uneven

variable

off-and-on

indexing mechanism

interdigital pause

alternate

beater movement

batch

break

convulsive

disconnected

discrete

fleeting

intermission

intermittence

interrupted

Translations

intermittent

intermitente

intermittente

intermitterend

intermitente

intermittierend

intermitent

discontinu

Unterbrechung

hortend

διαλείπων

διακεκομμένος

unterbrochen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪntəˈmɪtn̩t/

Etymology

From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, on”) + mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).