Synonyms for on off
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : awf, of |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔf, ɒf |
Top 10 synonyms for on off Other synonyms for the word on off
- adjuster
- alternate
- alternately
- arrested
- at intervals
- at irregular intervals
- at times
- broken
- by bits and pieces
- checked
- cyclic
- cyclical
- discontinuing
- discontinuous
- discontinuously
- epochal
- every now and then
- every once in a while
- every other
- every so often
- fluctuating
- from time to time
- hardly
- hardly ever
- here and there
- hit-or-miss
- in a few cases
- inconstantly
- infrequently
- inhabitually
- intermittent
- intermittently
- interrupted
- irregularly
- isochronal
- isochronous
- iterant
- iterative
- little
- metrical
- not often
- not very often
- now and again
- now and then
- occasionally
- off and on
- on and off
- on occasion
- on-and-off
- on/off
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- periodical
- periodically
- power switch
- punctuated
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- scarcely
- scarcely ever
- seasonal
- semioccasionally
- serial
- shifting
- sometimes
- spasmodic
- sporadic
- sporadically
- stop-and-go
- switch
- toggle
- tuner
- uncertainly
- uncommonly
- unoften
- unusually
- vacillating
- variable
- very seldom
- when the mood strikes
- whimsically
Définition of on off
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 intermittent : adj irregular, sporadic
- As in on-again, off-again : adj intermittent
- As in on and off : adv intermittently
- As in seldom : adv infrequently
- As in off-and-on : adv every once in a while
- As in on and off : adv intermittent
- As in button : noun pushbutton
Antonyms for on off
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