occasional

Questions about occasional

What does occasional mean?

occasional means "occurring from time to time". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in occasional?

occasional has 4 syllables: oc-ca-sio-nal. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /əˈkeɪʒənəl/.

What is another word for occasional?

Close synonyms include episodic, casual, periodic. 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 occasional a common word?

occasional 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.