occasional
Syllables: oc·ca·sion·al/əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
occasional adjective: occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
Adjective
occasional (comparative more occasional, superlative most occasional)
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.
- He took an occasional glass of wine.
- Created for a specific occasion.
- Elgar's music was not created to be occasional music for high-school graduations.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- What your living room needs are some occasional chairs.
- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
- He is an occasional writer of letters to the editor.
Noun
occasional (plural occasionals)
- A person who does something only occasionally.
occasional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
occasional in Hindi
- occasional
- अनित्य anitya
occasional in Tamil
- அவ்வப்போது
occasional in Urdu
- ہنگامی, اتفاقی
occasional in Bengali
- অনিয়মিত, নৈমিত্তিক, আপতিত, আকস্মিক, আপতিক, দুর্লভ
More languagesFewer languages
- occasional in Malayalam
- ചില സന്ദർഭങ്ങളിൽ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന, വല്ലപ്പോഴുമുളള, യാദൃശ്ചികമായ
- occasional in Kannada
- ಸಾಂದರ್ಭಿಕ, ಕ್ವಚಿತ್ತಾದ, ಪ್ರಾಸಂಗಿಕವಾದ, ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಸಂಭವಿಸದ
- occasional in Punjabi
- ਵਕਤੀ vaktī
- occasional in Sanskrit
- अनित्य anitya
- occasional in Arabic
- عَرَضِيّ ʕaraḍiyy
Examples of occasional in a sentence
- Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.
- The occasional apparent backward movement of planets is evidence that they revolve around the sun.
- The bogeyman of a Halloween-candy poisoner behind every door has animated occasional moral panics against trick-or-treating.
Synonyms of occasional
Forms of occasional
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more occasional |
| superlative | most occasional |
| Noun | |
| plural | occasionals |
Origin of occasional
From Middle English occasyonal, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnālis and Old French ocasionel. By surface analysis, occasion + -al.
Words formed from occasional
Phrases with occasional
Questions about occasional
- What does occasional mean?
- Occasional means occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- What is occasional in Hindi?
- Occasional in Hindi is अनित्य (anitya). See Occasional meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is occasional?
- Occasional can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce occasional?
- Occasional is pronounced /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/.
Words near occasional in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: occasional (page history and authors); अनित्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); occasional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occasional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occasional (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occasional (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); occasional (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵਕਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अनित्य (Sanskrit) (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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