Chronic
Regular
Regular adjective - Appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time.
Usage example: what with one or another of our pets having problems, we've been regular visitors at the animal hospital
Chronic and regular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chronic" instead an adjective "Regular".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Justified by it being prescription medication for chronic pain that he needs to take at somewhat regular intervals.
Source: Quick Nip - In Mercedes Lackey's Elizabethan novels, Rhoslyn excuses her regular absences from attending on Mary Tudor by saying her brother has a chronic illness.
Source: Invented Invalid -
Sweet-tempered, child-like, kinda dense, a practically chronic Heavy Sleeper... and a regular at Hyoutei of all schools.
Source: Genius Ditz
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Regular and Chronic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chronic/regular
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Regular or Chronic. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chronic/regular.
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