from time to time
Every so often
From time to time means occasionally or at irregular intervals—not constantly, but recurring now and then: From time to time I'll get a craving for chocolate.
The phrase suggests something happens, but without predictable frequency.
It's interchangeable with now and then or every so often.
- once in a whileAt irregular intervals
- every once in a whileAt irregular intervals
- now and thenAt infrequent intervals
- occasionallyAt infrequent intervals
- sometimesAt irregular intervals
not always · periodically · sporadically · intermittently · in fits and starts · every so often · rarely · ebb and flow · now and again · once in a blue moon · episodically · irregularly · infrequently · here and there · cyclically · off and on · seldom · unpredictably
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
- time sayingscarpe diem, seize the day, better late than never, tempus fugit, haste makes waste
from time to timeconstantly
At all times
continuously · always · perpetually · incessantly · unceasingly
from time to timeregularly
At fixed intervals
like clockwork · on schedule · systematically · predictably · routinely
time, times, timeless, timely, timed, timing, timetable, untimely, overtime