Qualities
Synonyms for occasional
Synonyms for occasional: casual, periodic and sporadic. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for occasional
Interchangeable with occasional in this sense
Audited under occasional's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one occasional carries in that sense.
- casualadjective, in the sense "occurring on a temporary or irregular basis"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name occasional as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: one audited under occasional and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
An occasional worker.
The true synonym
casual
Same sentence, swapped: An casual worker.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot occasional is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- periodic
- ongoing
- decisive
Where occasional turns up in the game
occasional is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where occasional is the trap
- acuteadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sensitive, in the sense "of a sense, highly sensitive and sharp", and occasional is one of the three tiles that lose.
- incrementaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is piecemeal, in the sense "occurring in small successive stages", and occasional is one of the three tiles that lose.
- provisionaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is tentative, in the sense "under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon", and occasional is on the board beside it.
- unstintingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unsparing, in the sense "giving generously and without limit; not holding back", with occasional sitting one tile away.
Play occasional
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so occasional reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. occasional carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.