Intermittent and Running

Intermittent

Intermittent adjective - Occurring or appearing at intervals.

Running is an antonym for intermittent.

Nearby Words: intermittently, intermitting

Running

Running adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Usage example: a running struggle just to make ends meet

Intermittent is an antonym for running in continuous topic.

Nearby Words: run, runner

Both words in one sentence

  • In Robo-Hunter (a long-running although intermittent strip in 2000 AD) Sam Slade, the protagonist, is trapped on a planet populated by robots that imprisoned all the colonists they were supposed to prepare the planet for.
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Running and Intermittent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intermittent/running
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