What is another word for seldom?
259 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɛldəm], [ sˈɛldəm], [ s_ˈɛ_l_d_ə_m]
"Seldom" is a word used to express rarity or infrequency. However, there are many other synonyms that can be used in its place. Some examples include "rarely," "occasionally," "infrequently," "sporadically," "scarcely," "hardly ever," "once in a blue moon," "intermittently," "scantily," and "sparingly." Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation and can be used based on the context of the sentence. By using alternate phrases and words to describe infrequency, writers and speakers can add variety and nuance to their language.
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Similar words for seldom:
- few (adjective)
- infrequent (adjective)
- occasional (adjective)
- rare (adjective)
- scarce (adjective)
- sporadic (adjective)
- standout (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- hardly (adverb)
- little (adverb)
- occasionally (adverb)
- rarely (adverb)
- uncommonly (adverb)
- rarely (noun)
- at times
- from time to time
- noun
- now and again
- once in a while
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Seldom:
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adj.
• few- few and far between ,
- not too many ,
- scarcely any ,
- semioccasional ,
- widely spaced ,
- inconsiderable ,
- meager ,
- middling ,
- not many ,
- piddling ,
- some ,
- trifling .
- extra-ordinary ,
- in conceivable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- more attenuate ,
- more attenuated ,
- more recherche ,
- most attenuate ,
- most attenuated ,
- most recherche ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out ordinary ,
- out the ordinary ,
- sub tile ,
- sub tiler ,
- sub-tile ,
- sub-tiler ,
- subtiler ,
- subtilest ,
- un imaginable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un thinkable ,
- un wonted ,
- un-imaginable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely ,
- un-thinkable ,
- un-wonted .
- bits pieces ,
- fits starts ,
- more on again off again ,
- more on-again-off-again ,
- most on again off again ,
- most on-again-off-again .
- more outre ,
- more uncustomary ,
- most outre ,
- most uncustomary ,
- out of way ,
- out the way ,
- out way ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un accustomed ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un conventional ,
- un customary ,
- un familiar ,
- un-accustomed ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-customary ,
- un-familiar .
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adv.
• hardly- Scantly ,
- almost not ,
- by a hair ,
- detectably ,
- faintly ,
- no more than ,
- no way ,
- not a bit ,
- not at all ,
- not by much ,
- not likely ,
- not markedly ,
- not measurably ,
- not notably ,
- not noticeably ,
- perceptibly ,
- pretty near ,
- with trouble .
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n.
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- usual .
Other synonyms:
- little .
- rarity ,
- sporadically .
- rare .
Other relevant words:
• at times
• from time to time
• noun
- STANDOUT ,
- Semioccasionally ,
- Unfrequent ,
- Unfrequently ,
- Unoften ,
- a few times ,
- abnormally ,
- accidentally ,
- adverb of time ,
- aggrandizement ,
- almost never ,
- arduously ,
- at infrequent intervals ,
- attenuation ,
- badly ,
- barely ,
- bit ,
- blue ,
- by no means ,
- concentration ,
- deficient ,
- development ,
- dilatation ,
- dilation ,
- erratic ,
- excellently ,
- exceptionally ,
- expansion ,
- finely ,
- fresh ,
- from time to time ,
- growth ,
- hard ,
- hardly ,
- hardly ever ,
- harshly ,
- in a few cases ,
- inadequate ,
- incredibly ,
- increment ,
- inflation ,
- infrequency ,
- infrequent ,
- inhabitually ,
- insufficient ,
- intermittent ,
- irregularly ,
- just ,
- laboriously ,
- littles ,
- narrowly ,
- not much ,
- not often ,
- not quite ,
- not very often ,
- occasional ,
- occasionally ,
- on and off ,
- on rare occasions ,
- once in a blue moon ,
- only ,
- only just ,
- purification ,
- rarefaction ,
- rareness ,
- reckless ,
- refinement ,
- roughly ,
- scant ,
- scantily ,
- scanty ,
- scarce ,
- scarcely ,
- scarcely ever ,
- severely ,
- sparse ,
- sparsely ,
- sporadic ,
- swell ,
- toughly ,
- uncommon ,
- uncommonly ,
- uncustomarily ,
- unexpectedly ,
- unnaturally ,
- unordinarily ,
- unusual ,
- vacuum ,
- very seldom ,
- whimsically .
- Subtile ,
- at a premium ,
- bits and pieces ,
- extra ordinary ,
- fits and starts ,
- not habitual ,
- on-again-off-again ,
- out-standing ,
- pre-eminent ,
- recherche ,
- seldom met with ,
- uncustomary ,
- unheard of ,
- in short supply ,
- rarest .
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How to use "Seldom" in context?
Lately I've been noticing a phrase a lot: "seldom." Whenever I hear someone say this, it immediately makes me think of the song "Stairway to Heaven," because the lyrics go, " seldom do we see the things that we're looking for." And that's definitely true, especially when it comes to finding happiness.
Being seldom means that we might not see good things happening all that often, but when they do, they're really something.
Paraphrases for Seldom:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
rarely.
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Adverb
rarely.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, plural
cases.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
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Adverb
infrequently.
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Adverb
Homophones for Seldom:
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