REGULARITY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

regularity

noun

Definition of regularity

as in frequency

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as in uniformity

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Recent Examples of regularity Klinger points to arugula’s fiber content, which helps provide regularity and satiety for easier weight management. — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 20 Aug. 2026 Helicopter crashes have happened with increasing regularity in Kenya, which has a vibrant tourism industry that depends on domestic carriers to ferry visitors to distant places like Mount Ololokwe. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Even simple equipment failed with slapstick regularity, six workers said. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 In Washington, the National Guard has settled into what is becoming a lengthy deployment, even as the troops carrying out the mission rotate with relative regularity. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regularity

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Noun

The Huskers are tapping areas close to home with less frequency.

— Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The solid-state transformer has a modular design with an active front end interacting with the power grid, an AC/DC converter, and a high-frequency isolation transformer that either steps up or steps down the voltage.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of frequency

Noun

The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Rather than every curl being coaxed into perfect uniformity, her natural texture is allowed to take up space—frizz, movement, and all.

— Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniformity

Noun

The relative constancy of fat cell numbers combined with their ability to change size and function has implications for the evolutionarily unusual state of being obese.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
This transition represents a strong, continuing trajectory of comfort, longevity, and constancy.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of constancy

Noun

Due to the seriousness and chronicity of diabetes, scientists have launched an extensive and ongoing investigation into the potential role of supplements, like omega-3 fatty acids, in both preventing diabetes and serving as an adjunct to traditional diabetes medications.

— Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2026
My father’s diseases aren’t just marked by chronicity but also unpredictability.

— Sabrina Qiao, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2021

Definition of chronicity

Noun

This, though, may not fully explain the large rise in prevalence, especially as the report found substantial increases across every age and body mass index category.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
And the rover and hopper, if successful, will provide the best available data on the presence and prevalence of water there.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of prevalence

Noun

If the market reaches equilibrium, those will need to be filled to prevent the next crisis.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The researchers found that energy flow follows a mathematical pattern before setting into a thermal equilibrium and stronger the coupling between dust particles, slower is the process.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

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