Synonyms for off on
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : awf, of |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔf, ɒf |
Top 10 synonyms for off on
- alternately
- any which way
- anyhow
- at intervals
- at irregular intervals
- at times
- backward and forward
- backwards and forwards
- by fits and starts
- by turns
- desultory
- disconnectedly
- discontinuously
- eccentrically
- especial
- ever and again
- every once in a while
- exceptional
- exclusive
- few
- fluctuating
- forward and back
- from side to side
- from time to time
- hardly
- helter-skelter
- here and there
- in and out
- in snatches
- incidental
- inconstantly
- infrequently
- intermittent
- intermittently
- irregularly
- jerkily
- not habitual
- not often
- now and again
- now and then
- occasionally
- odd
- off and on
- on and off
- on occasion
- on-and-off
- once and again
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once or twice
- out of sequence
- particular
- periodically
- random
- rare
- recurrently
- restlessly
- scarce
- scarcely
- seesaw
- seldom
- slapdash
- sometimes
- spasmodically
- special
- specific
- sporadically
- uncertainly
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- unevenly
- unfrequent
- unmethodically
- unpunctually
- unusual
- up and down
- vacillating
- variable
- variably
- very seldom
- when the mood strikes
- willy-nilly
- zigzag
Définition of off on
Origin :- by c.1200 as an emphatic form of Old English of (see of), employed in the adverbial use of that word. The prepositional meaning "away from" and the adjectival sense of "farther" were not firmly fixed in this variant until 17c., but once they were they left the original of with the transferred and weakened senses of the word. Meaning "not working" is from 1861. Off the cuff (1938) is from the notion of speaking from notes written in haste on one's shirt cuffs. Off the rack (adj.) is from 1963; off the record is from 1933; off the wall "crazy" is 1968, probably from the notion of a lunatic "bouncing off the walls" or else in reference to carom shots in squash, handball, etc.
- As in occasional : adj irregular, sporadic
- As in to and fro : adj back and forth
- As in irregularly : adv intermittently
- As in now and then : adv once in a while
- As in off and on : adv intermittently
- As in on and off : adv intermittently
- As in sometimes : adv every now and then
- As in fitfully : adv intermittently
- As in off-and-on : adv every once in a while
- As in on and off : adv intermittent
Antonyms for off on
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