English Explanatory Dictionary

frequent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Done or occurring often; common.
  2. Occurring at short intervals.
  3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
  4. Full; crowded; thronged.
  5. Often or commonly reported.
verb
  1. To visit often.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/ en-us-frequent-adj.ogg /fɹɪˈkwɛnt/ en-us-frequent-verb.ogg

Word forms

frequent more frequent frequenter most frequent frequentest frequents frequenting frequented

Etymology

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).

Synonyms

regular recurring usual average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian plain quotidian routinary routine ten a penny two a penny workaday continual steady

Antonyms

rare uncommon dearthy few and far between geason infrequent in short supply raresome scant scantling scarce selcouth seld seldom selly superrare unfrequent

Related words

frequency frequently infrequent frequently asked questions

Derived words

equifrequent frequentative frequent flier frequent flyer frequentism frequentist frequentistic frequentness hyperfrequent monofrequent nonfrequent normofrequent overfrequent semifrequent unfrequent frequentable frequentage frequentation frequenter unfrequented
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