frequent
UK/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
frequent adjective: done or occurring often; common.
Adjective
frequent (comparative more frequent or frequenter, superlative most frequent or frequentest)
- Done or occurring often; common.
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- Synonyms:
- regular, recurring, usual, average, basic, bog-standard, common, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck
- Antonyms:
- rare, uncommon, dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply, non-common, raresome, scant
- Occurring at short intervals.
- Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LV.2, page 31
- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], →OCLC, page 59
- Full; crowded; thronged.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- Often or commonly reported.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor
Verb
UK/fɹɪˈkwɛnt/
frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents, present participle frequenting, simple past and past participle frequented)
- To visit often.
- I used to frequent that restaurant.
frequent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
frequent in Hindi
- done or occurring often
- बार बार bār bār, बारंबार bārambār
frequent in Tamil
- அடிக்கடி, தொடர்ச்சியாக
frequent in Urdu
- اکثر
frequent in Bengali
- ঘন, দ্রুত, বহুসংখ্যক, বারংবার ঘটে এমন, বারংবার আসে এমন, স্বল্পব্যবধানে স্থিত
More languagesFewer languages
- frequent in Malayalam
- അടിയ്ക്കടിയായ, കൂടെക്കൂടെയുള്ള, സാധാരണമായ, നിബിഡമായ
- frequent in Kannada
- ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಆಗುವ, ಪುನರಾವರ್ತಿಸುವ, ಒತ್ತೊತ್ತಾಗಿರುವ, ಮಾಮೂಲಿನ
- frequent in Gujarati
- અવારનવાર
- frequent in Odia
- ଘନ ଘନ, ବାରମ୍ବାର ହେଉଥିବା
- frequent in Sanskrit
- भूरि bhū́ri, भृश bhṛśa
- frequent in Nepali
- धाउनु dhāunu
- frequent in Arabic
- مُتَكَرِّر mutakarrir, اِرْتَادَ irtāda
- frequent in Malay
- kerap
- frequent in Vietnamese
- thường xuyên
Examples of frequent in a sentence
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...]1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of...
Synonyms of frequent
- regular
- recurring
- usual
- average
- basic
- bog-standard
- common
- common as bums
- common as dirt
- common as muck
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Antonyms
Forms of frequent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more frequent |
| comparative | frequenter |
| superlative | most frequent |
| superlative | frequentest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frequents |
| present participle | frequenting |
| past participle | frequented |
| past | frequented |
Origin of frequent
From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).
From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”).
Words formed from frequent
Phrases with frequent
Words that rhyme with frequent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
Questions about frequent
- What does frequent mean?
- Frequent means done or occurring often; common.
- What is frequent in Hindi?
- Frequent in Hindi is बार बार (bār bār), बारंबार (bārambār). See Frequent meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use frequent in a sentence?
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- What part of speech is frequent?
- Frequent can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce frequent?
- Frequent is pronounced /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/ (UK).
Words near frequent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: frequent (page history and authors); frequent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frequent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frequent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frequent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frequent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frequent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frequent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भूरि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); धाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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