off and on
occasionally, sometimes, now and then, intermittently
off and on
Adverb
1. not regularly; "they phone each other off and on"
(synonym) on and off
off-and-on
Adjective
1. intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
(synonym) fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)
(similar) broken
off and on
occasionally He`s been seeing the woman off and on but I don`t think that their relationship is very serious.
off and on
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
off and on
adv. บางคราว, บางครั้ง, บางโอกาส, บางเวลา (syn. now and again, now and then)