off-and-on

1. 1.

   intermittently stopping and starting

   “fitful (or interrupted) sleep”

   “off-and-on static”

   Synonymsfitfulinterrupted

   Similarbroken

Questions about off-and-on

What does off-and-on mean?

off-and-on means "intermittently stopping and starting".

How many syllables are in off-and-on?

off-and-on has 3 syllables: of-f-an-d-on. The stress falls on "of".

What is another word for off-and-on?

Close synonyms include fitful, interrupted. 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.