🔄 Synonyms of "Oftentimes"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| frequently | At frequent intervals. |
| often | Frequently; many times on different occasions. |
| ofttimes | (chiefly US, uncommon) (elsewhere, archaic) Often, frequently. |
| oftnoun | (chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely |
↔️ Antonyms of "Oftentimes"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| seldom | Infrequently, rarely. |
| rarely | Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. |
| infrequently | Not frequently. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Oftentimes"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ofttimes | (chiefly US, uncommon) (elsewhere, archaic) Often, frequently. |
| oftnoun | (chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely |
| often | Frequently; many times on different occasions. |
| frequently | At frequent intervals. |
| commonly | As a rule; frequently; usually. |
| many a time and oft | (archaic or literary, idiomatic) Frequently. |
| many a times | (nonstandard) Frequently, often. |
| oftenly | (nonstandard) often |
| time and again | Often; repeatedly. |
| unseldomverb | (literary) Not seldom; frequently, regularly. |
| occasionably | (archaic) occasionally |
| frequentatively | In a frequentative way. |
| time and time again | Often; repeatedly. |
| continually | In regular or repeated succession; very often. |
| every secondnoun | Every other/two; each alternate. |
| commonlienoun | Obsolete spelling of commonly. [As a rule; frequently; usually.] |
| more often than not | (idiomatic) Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case. |
| nine times out of ten | (idiomatic) Very often, mostly, most of the time. |
| occasionally | On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. |
| regular | (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. |
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