intermittent
Plural: intermittents
Adjective Satellite
- stopping and starting at irregular intervals
- "intermittent rain showers"
Adj
- Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
- Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
Noun
- An intermittent fever or disease.
Examples
- Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
- The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.
- The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French intermittent, from Latin intermittens (“sending between”), from prefix inter- (“among, on”) + mittens (“sending”), from mittere (“to send”).
Synonyms
broken, catchy, discontinuous, fitful, intermissive, intermittent, patchy, periodic, periodical, spasmodic, stop-start
Scrabble Score: 14
intermittent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordintermittent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intermittent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary