NONCE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

nonce

adjective

Definition of nonce

as in infrequent

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Recent Examples of nonce After using a brute-force attack methodology, which allowed the entire search space to be covered in about an hour, Aryal discovered that, for some users at least, the nonce code would be displayed right there on the notification itself. — Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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Even infrequent exposure to high levels of air pollution increases people’s risk of cardiovascular damage.

— Richard Marcantonio, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Private equity's return-smoothing is partly a function of infrequent, discretionary valuation marks, not the absence of real volatility.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of infrequent

Adjective

Today, Armstrong's two-story boyhood home is an occasional stop for visitors of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, even though the house itself isn't open for tours.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Prioritizing water most of the time and enjoying diet or sugar-free soda as an occasional treat can support good health.

— Lindsey DeSoto, HEALTH, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of occasional

Adjective

Service has been intermittent and has shut off for full days and multiple days at a time.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The systems use lithium-ion or other battery cells and help data centers and utilities avoid blackouts, allowing for energy storage from all sources, including fossil fuels and renewable and intermittent sources like solar and wind.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of intermittent

Adjective

Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The self is a shifting, inconstant phenomenon, brain and body ever transforming in time and space, with no clear delineation between what is self and what is other.

— Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025

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