Occasional and Routine

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Occasional

Occasional adjective - Not often occurring or repeated.
Usage example: an occasional mechanical problem with our car, but nothing serious
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Synonyms for Occasional
Antonyms for Occasional
Routine is an antonym for occasional in infrequent topic.
Nearby Words: occasion, occasionally, occasioned, occasionalism

Routine

Routine adjective - Often observed or encountered.
Usage example: the movie is a routine thriller that has little to recommend it
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Antonyms for Routine
Occasional is an antonym for routine.
Nearby Word: routinely
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  • Manga / Sket Dance The entire manga is full of Shout Outs to any popular manga you can imagine with hilarious lampshades over each and every of them, a boke-tsukkomi routine and an occasional sledgehammer to the fourth wall.
    Source: Manga / Sket Dance
  • Film / Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon For all their Rape, Pillage, and Burn routine and occasional missteps, they carry out their pursuit of the heroes with remarkable competence and daring, and repeatedly have them on the ropes by using group hunting tactics to surround and pin them down.
    Source: Film / Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon
  • Anime / Fresh Pretty Cure! And if New Stage 2 is to be trusted, Setsuna still makes occasional visits to do dance training routine.
    Source: Anime / Fresh Pretty Cure!
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