Synonyms for Intermittent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • intermittent.
  •alternate (adjective)
  • most alternating.
  •bit by bit (adjective)
  • piecemeal.
  •broken (adjective)
  • spastic,
  • dis connected,
  • in complete,
  • in-complete,
  • fragmentary,
  • more spastic,
  • dis-connected,
  • most spastic,
  • incomplete.
  •changeable (adjective)
  • inconstant.
  •continual, lasting (adjective)
  • perpetual.
  •fitful (adjective)
  • more herky jerky,
  • more on-again-off-again,
  • most on again off again,
  • un stable,
  • flickering,
  • more herky-jerky,
  • more on again off again,
  • un stablest,
  • more herkyjerky,
  • more shifting,
  • un-stablest,
  • on-again-off-again,
  • most shifting,
  • most fluctuating,
  • most herky-jerky,
  • un-stabler,
  • herkyjerky,
  • most on-again-off-again,
  • herky-jerky,
  • most herky jerky,
  • more fluctuating,
  • most herkyjerky,
  • shifting,
  • herky jerky,
  • bits and pieces,
  • un stabler,
  • un-stable,
  • bits pieces.
  •frequent (adjective)
  • a good many.
  •inconstant (adjective)
  • changeful,
  • in consistent,
  • in-consistent,
  • in-constant,
  • more waffling,
  • un-dependable,
  • in constant,
  • most waffling,
  • un settled,
  • most changeful,
  • un dependable,
  • more changeful,
  • un-reliable,
  • un-settled,
  • un reliable.
  •interrupted (adjective)
  • postponed,
  • broken off,
  • Paused,
  • interfered with,
  • Stayed,
  • recessed,
  • suspended,
  • held up,
  • Snagged,
  • relieved,
  • delayed,
  • stopped,
  • Reprieved,
  • interrupted.
  •irregular (adjective)
  • fitful,
  • unmethodical,
  • sporadic,
  • unrhythmical,
  • Designless,
  • desultory,
  • fluctuating,
  • asymmetric,
  • nonuniform,
  • up and down,
  • capricious,
  • jerky,
  • eccentric,
  • variable,
  • erratic,
  • unsystematic,
  • irregular,
  • unpunctual,
  • uneven.
  •isochronal (adjective)
  • like clockwork.
  •not content; moving about (adjective)
  • restless.
  •occasional (adjective)
  • more seldom,
  • un usual,
  • most unfrequent,
  • un-commoner,
  • off on,
  • not habitual,
  • more unfrequent,
  • un-usual,
  • un commoner,
  • un-frequent,
  • un-common,
  • most seldom,
  • un common,
  • Unfrequent,
  • few,
  • un frequent,
  • un commonest.
  •periodic (adjective)
  • on certain occasions,
  • weekly,
  • monthly,
  • re gular,
  • at various times,
  • most epochal,
  • hourly,
  • most orbital,
  • every once a while,
  • more orbital,
  • more seasonal,
  • more epochal,
  • monthliest,
  • more periodical,
  • more centennial,
  • re-gular,
  • weekliest,
  • most seasonal,
  • every once in while,
  • every once while,
  • most periodical,
  • hourlier,
  • weeklier,
  • orbital,
  • most centennial,
  • every once in a while,
  • monthlier,
  • centennial,
  • hourliest.
  •perpetual (adjective)
  • returning,
  • never-ceasing,
  • sempiternal,
  • without end,
  • neverending,
  • imperishable,
  • repetitious.
  •piecemeal (adjective)
  • at intervals,
  • most intermittently,
  • by fits and starts,
  • more partially,
  • more intermittently,
  • most fitfully,
  • step by step,
  • more gradually,
  • most gradually,
  • by fits starts,
  • most partially,
  • little by little.
  •recurrent (adjective)
  • repetitive,
  • Isochronous,
  • Isochronal,
  • chainer.
  •restless (adjective)
  • more bustling,
  • un-restful,
  • un-easier,
  • un-easiest,
  • most bustling,
  • most fidgeting,
  • bundle of nerves,
  • un easier,
  • more unrestful,
  • ill ease,
  • most unrestful,
  • tossing and turning,
  • most unpeaceful,
  • bundle nerves,
  • un easy,
  • un restful,
  • strung out,
  • more fidgeting,
  • tossing turning,
  • un easiest,
  • unpeaceful,
  • un peaceful,
  • un-peaceful,
  • more unpeaceful,
  • unrestful,
  • unquiet.
  •scattered (adjective)
  • more strewn,
  • most strewn.
  •spasmodic (adjective)
  • fits and starts,
  • spurtive,
  • more spurtive,
  • most spurtive,
  • convulsive,
  • most convulsive,
  • more convulsive,
  • fits starts.
  •sporadic (adjective)
  • most semioccasional,
  • semioccasional,
  • semi-occasional,
  • more semioccasional,
  • semi occasional.
  •spotty (adjective)
  • scattered.
  •uneven (adjective)
  • more illmatched,
  • scraggiest,
  • more nonsymmetrical,
  • most illmatched,
  • un equal,
  • onesided,
  • non-symmetrical,
  • un fairest,
  • most differing,
  • un-level,
  • off balance,
  • unsmooth,
  • unlevel,
  • more unsymmetrical,
  • illmatched,
  • un-smoothest,
  • more asperous,
  • non symmetrical,
  • nonsymmetrical,
  • most unsymmetrical,
  • most unlevel,
  • un-fairer,
  • more ill-matched,
  • un-smooth,
  • ill-matched,
  • un even,
  • scraggy,
  • not flat,
  • most asperous,
  • un-balanced,
  • off-balance,
  • un level,
  • most ill matched,
  • unsymmetrical,
  • over balanced,
  • un-equal,
  • un fairer,
  • most nonsymmetrical,
  • more unlevel,
  • more overbalanced,
  • not parallel,
  • un-even,
  • un-fair,
  • scraggier,
  • offbalance,
  • not level,
  • more differing,
  • un smoothest,
  • overbalanced,
  • un smooth,
  • more ill matched,
  • most overbalanced,
  • un symmetrical,
  • un-symmetrical,
  • un-smoother,
  • Asperous,
  • dis-proportionate,
  • un-fairest,
  • unsmoother,
  • re maining,
  • one sided,
  • most ill-matched,
  • dis proportionate,
  • ill matched,
  • unsmoothest,
  • un fair,
  • un smoother,
  • over-balanced.
  •unquiet (adjective)
  • un-quiet,
  • un-quietest,
  • un quieter,
  • un quiet,
  • un quietest,
  • un-quieter.

• a. & adv.

  •piecemeal (adjective, adverb)
  • gradual.

• adv

  •off-and-on (adverb)
  • not often,
  • when the mood strikes,
  • very seldom,
  • alternately,
  • at irregular intervals.

• n.

  •
  • from time to time,
  • (every) now and then/again,
  • every so often.
  •
  • continue,
  • on again,
  • occasional,
  • off-again.
  •periodic (noun)
  • cyclical,
  • serial,
  • every other,
  • on-again, off-again,
  • now and then,
  • here and there,
  • discontinuous,
  • coming and going,
  • recurrent,
  • by snatches,
  • spasmodic,
  • epochal,
  • on and off,
  • cyclic,
  • alternate,
  • seasonal,
  • rhythmic.
  •periodical (noun)
  • periodical.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • occasionally,
  • sometimes,
  • infrequent.
  •
  • odd,
  • through,
  • maybe.
  •coming back
  • return.
  •discontinuous
  • broken.
  •inveterate
  • chronic.

Paraphrases for Intermittent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    sporadic.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    occasional, irregular, inconsistent, episodic, staple, casual, blinking, discrete, erratic, non-continuous, periodic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    periods, blinking.
  • Noun, plural
    intervals, Flashes.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    blinking, flashing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    discontinuous.
  • Proper noun, singular
    flashing.

Antonyms for Intermittent:

• adj.

  • irregular, sporadic
    continual, continuing, perpetual, usual, constant, regular, permanent, frequent.
  • Other antonyms:
    habitual, unwavering, stationary, repeated, uniform, stable, even, unrelenting, steady, systematic, interminable, equable, unvarying, unchanging, periodic, eternal, changeless, everlasting, methodical, orderly.