frequent
Happening often.
frequent in a sentence
- We made frequent stops on the long car journey so the dog could stretch its legs.
- Grandma is a frequent visitor to the library and knows every librarian by name.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to frequent?
- Aoccasional
- Bregular
- Cinfrequent
- Drare
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B: regular. The other three mean the opposite of frequent.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to frequent?
- Aregular
- Brare
- Ccommon
- Drepeated
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B: rare. The other three mean nearly the same as frequent.
Words that mean something similar
regular, common, repeated
Words that mean the opposite
rare, occasional, infrequent
More words about time & change
- imminent: About to happen very soon.
- inaugural: Marking the start of something important, or being the very first of its kind.
- inaugurate: To open or start something officially with a ceremony.
- incessant: Never stopping.
- inevitable: Certain to happen and impossible to avoid.
- keepsake: A small object you keep to remember a person or a special time.
- lapse: A short slip or failure, or a period of time passing.
- latter: Being the second of two things or people just mentioned.
More words to explore
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