periodic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
happening or recurring at regular intervals
the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
Related & opposite
- aperiodic antonym
- cyclicity derivation
- periodical derivation
- period derivation
- cyclic similar to
- oscillatory similar to
- diurnal similar to
- daily similar to
- nightly similar to
- weekly similar to
- semiweekly similar to
- hourly similar to
- half-hourly similar to
- biweekly similar to
- yearly similar to
- semiannual similar to
- biyearly similar to
- triennial similar to
- monthly similar to
- bimestrial similar to
- semimonthly similar to
- semestral similar to
- midweekly similar to
Sense 2 adjective
recurring or reappearing from time to time
periodic feelings of anxiety
Related & opposite
- sporadic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | aperiodic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cyclicity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | periodical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | period |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | cyclic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | oscillatory |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | diurnal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | daily |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | nightly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | weekly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiweekly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hourly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | half-hourly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | biweekly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | yearly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiannual |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | biyearly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | triennial |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | monthly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bimestrial |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semimonthly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semestral |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | midweekly |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sporadic |