Occasional

What do we mean by occasional?

Occurring, encountered, done, or taken from time to time; irregular or infrequent. synonym: periodic. adjective

Created for a special occasion. adjective

Intended for use as the occasion requires. adjective

Being a factor that makes something possible; being a cause of something. adjective

Acting in a specified capacity from time to time. adjective

Of occasion; incidental; hence, occurring from time to time, but without regularity or system; made, happening, or recurring as opportunity requires or admits: as, an occasional smile; an occasional fit of coughing.

Called forth, produced, or used on some special occasion or event; suited for a particular occasion: as, an occasional discourse.

That serves as or constitutes the occasion or indirect cause; causal.

A production caused by or adapted to some special occurrence, or the circumstances of the moment; an extemporaneous composition. noun

Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental. adjective

Produced by accident. adjective

Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly. adjective

Some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause. adjective

Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time. adjective

Not very often. adjective

Created for a specific occasion. adjective

Intended for use as the occasion requires. adjective

Acting in the indicated role from time to time. adjective

Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals adjective

Occurring from time to time adjective

A person who does something only occasionally.

Words that are spelled similarly to occasional:
occasional, occasion, occasions, occasioned, occasionate, occasioner, occasione.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word occasional:
bowler, contributor, revenues, appearances, presenter, trips, guest, flooding, rainfall, references, papers.

Words that rhyme with occasional:
asian hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe occasional:
peripheral, few, reversible, catalogue, edible, semi, other.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective occasional:
use, visits, papers, cases, paper, references, patient, glimpses, occurrence, exceptions, patients, instances, cells, reports, reference, visit, case, lapses, pieces, attacks, meetings, visitor, outbursts, trips, articles, poems, appearance, flashes, notes, presence, word, visitors, periods, cause, bursts, glance, remarks, glimpse, attempts, patches, exception, help, errors, letters, showers, failure, moments, verse, causes, conformity, assistance, outbreaks, comments, examples, piece, shot, excursions, vomiting, pain, contact, mention, passages, forays, failures, lectures, appearances, letter, fits, episodes, flash, note, acts, sermons, interruptions, verses, trip, complication, specimens, car, contributions, glances, cell, need, raids, shaking, article, publications, intervals.

Words that sound like occasional:
occasional, occasionally, equational, occasion, occasions, occasioned, accessional, vocational, locational, educational, illusional, erosional, equationally, irracional, visional, racional, actinal, axonal, actonel, irrational, fictional, additional, sectional, bacchanal, collisional, coco chanel, dictional, successional, officinal, succinyl.