off and on
61 synonyms found
- alternately
- at irregular intervals
- at random
- back and forth
- backward and forward
- backwards and forwards
- brokenly
- by catches
- by fits
- by jerks
- by snatches
- by turns
- capriciously
- changeably
- desultorily
- disconnectedly
- discontinuously
- eccentrically
- erratically
- every other
- fitfully
- haltingly
- hitch and hike
- in and out
- in rotation
- in snatches
- in spots
- in turns
- inconstantly
- intermittently
- irregularly
- jerkily
- lurchingly
- make and break
- nonuniformly
- on and off
- patchily
- reciprocally
- ride and tie
- roughly
- round and round
- seesaw
- shuttlewise
- spasmodically
- sporadically
- spottily
- to and fro
- turn about
- uncertainly
- unevenly
- unmethodically
- unpredictably
- unrhythmically
- unsteadfastly
- unsteadily
- unsystematically
- up and down
- variably
- waveringly
- whimsically
- wobblingly
Definition
(v) :
Intermittently
"with so much worry, I only slept off and on last night."