at times

Questions about at times

What does at times mean?

at times means "sporadically and infrequently".

What is another word for at times?

Close synonyms include occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is at times a common word?

at times is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.