100 Best Synonyms for “Rarely”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	a few times	on only several occasions
2.	almost never	on extremely few occasions
3.	at intervals	occasionally, with gaps between
4.	at long intervals	rarely, after long gaps
5.	at odd intervals	occasionally and irregularly
6.	at rare intervals	only after uncommon gaps
7.	at rare moments	at uncommon moments only
8.	at times	occasionally; sometimes
9.	at uncommon times	at times that are not frequent
10.	atypically	not typically or usually
11.	barely at all	almost not at all
12.	barely ever	almost never; very seldom
13.	barely, if ever	almost never; perhaps never
14.	by fits and starts	irregularly; not continuously
15.	effectively never	almost never in effect
16.	episodically	in occasional separate episodes
17.	every now and again	occasionally; not often
18.	every now and then	occasionally; not often
19.	every so often	occasionally; at intervals
20.	exceptionally	only as an exception
21.	few and far between	occurring very infrequently
22.	fitfully	irregularly, with stops and starts
23.	from time to time	occasionally; not continuously
24.	hardly at all	almost not at all
25.	hardly ever	almost never; very seldom
26.	hardly, if ever	almost never; perhaps never
27.	in a few cases	only in a small number of cases
28.	in a few instances	only in a small number of instances
29.	in exceptional cases	only in unusual situations
30.	in exceptional instances	only in unusual examples
31.	in few cases	not in many cases
32.	in few instances	not in many instances
33.	in isolated cases	only in separate uncommon instances
34.	in isolated instances	only in separate rare examples
35.	in limited cases	only in a restricted number of cases
36.	in limited instances	only in restricted examples
37.	in odd cases	only in occasional unusual situations
38.	in rare cases	only in uncommon situations
39.	in rare instances	only on uncommon occasions
40.	in special cases	only in particular uncommon situations
41.	in special instances	only in particular uncommon examples
42.	in uncommon cases	only in not-common situations
43.	in uncommon instances	only in not-common examples
44.	in unusual cases	only in unusual situations
45.	in unusual instances	only in unusual examples
46.	infrequently	not frequently; only now and then
47.	intermittently	with occasional gaps or interruptions
48.	irregularly	not at regular intervals
49.	just occasionally	only now and then
50.	merely occasionally	only now and then
51.	not as a rule	not usually; not generally
52.	not commonly	not in most cases
53.	not customarily	not as a usual habit
54.	not generally	not in most situations
55.	not habitually	not as a repeated habit
56.	not normally	not under normal circumstances
57.	not often	with low frequency
58.	not ordinarily	not in the ordinary course
59.	not regularly	without regular occurrence
60.	not routinely	not as a usual practice
61.	not usually	not in the usual case
62.	not very often	with fairly low frequency
63.	now and again	occasionally; from time to time
64.	now and then	occasionally; from time to time
65.	occasionally	sometimes, but not regularly
66.	off and on	intermittently; now and then
67.	on and off	intermittently; from time to time
68.	on few occasions	only a small number of times
69.	on infrequent occasions	at times that happen seldom
70.	on isolated occasions	at separate, uncommon times
71.	on occasion	sometimes; now and then
72.	on odd occasions	occasionally and irregularly
73.	on rare occasions	only at uncommon times
74.	on scattered occasions	at separate, infrequent times
75.	on uncommon occasions	at times that are not common
76.	on very few occasions	only a very small number of times
77.	once in a while	occasionally, but not often
78.	only now and then	only occasionally; not often
79.	only occasionally	not often; now and then
80.	only sometimes	not often; on some occasions
81.	patchily	irregularly; not consistently
82.	periodically	from time to time
83.	practically never	almost never in practice
84.	scarcely at all	almost not at all
85.	scarcely ever	almost never; on very few occasions
86.	scarcely, if ever	almost never; perhaps never
87.	scatteredly	in scattered, infrequent instances
88.	seldom	not often; on few occasions
89.	sometimes	on some occasions, not always
90.	sparingly	in small or limited amounts
91.	sparsely	with few occurrences or instances
92.	sporadically	at irregular, uncommon intervals
93.	uncommonly	not commonly; rarely
94.	untypically	not typically; unusually
95.	very seldom	extremely rarely
96.	virtually never	almost never; for practical purposes never
97.	with limited frequency	not often; only sometimes
98.	with little frequency	not often
99.	with low frequency	not often
100.	with rarity	in a rare manner