one time

1. 1.

   on one occasion

   “once I ran into her”

   Synonymsoncein one case

Questions about one time

What does one time mean?

one time means "on one occasion".

What is another word for one time?

Close synonyms include once, in one case. 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 one time a common word?

one time is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.