now and then
Every so often
Now and then means occasionally, from time to time—neither frequently nor rarely: I still see her now and then.
The phrase suggests irregular occurrence without pattern or schedule.
Also appears as now and again, every now and then, and every now and again, all with the same meaning.
- sometimesAt irregular intervals
- occasionallyAt infrequent intervals
- every so oftenAt scattered intervals
- every once in a whileAt irregular intervals
- sporadicallyAt irregular intervals
infrequently · rarely · here and there · periodically · once in a blue moon · irregularly · from time to time · off and on · seldom · few and far between · at times · hit or miss · intermittently · in fits and starts · recurrently · once in a while · betweentimes · moments
- time phrasesall day, all night, in time, on time, any minute
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- time wordsminute, hour, day, soon, today
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
- vague wordssomething, someone, somewhere, sometime, somehow
now and thenalways
At all times
constantly · never · continuously · all the time · perpetually
now and thenregularly
At fixed intervals
systematically · clockwork · like clockwork · predictably · methodically
now, then, nowhere, nowadays, thence, nowness, thenceforward