again and again

adverb

Repeatedly.

Similar
over and overover and over againtime and againtime and time againrepeatedly
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbagain and again (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRepeatedly.

    The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.

    1958 June 28, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415-416

    Synonyms: over and over, over and over again, time and again

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbRepeatedly.

Similar
over and overover and over againtime and again

More synonyms by meaning

adverbrepeatedly

Similar
over and overover and over againtime and againtime and time againrepeatedly
Also see
over and overover and over againrepeatedlyseverallytime after timetime and againtime and time again

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا
  • مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran)repeatedly
Chinese Mandarin 反復 /反复
  • 反復 /反复 (fǎnfù)repeatedly
Danish igen og igen, gang på gang
  • igen og igenrepeatedly
  • gang på gangrepeatedly
  • om og om igenrepeatedly
Finnish yhä uudelleen
  • yhä uudelleenrepeatedly
French encore et encore
  • encore et encorerepeatedly
German immer wieder
  • immer wiederrepeatedly
Italian ripetutamente, continuamente
  • ripetutamenterepeatedly
  • continuamenterepeatedly
  • più e più volterepeatedly
Japanese 何度も
  • 何度も (nando-mo)repeatedly
Latin iterum atque iterum
  • iterum atque iterumrepeatedly
Norwegian Bokmål gang på gang
  • gang på gangrepeatedly
Persian چندین و چندبار
  • چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr)repeatedly
Polish wielokrotnie, raz po raz
  • wielokrotnierepeatedly
  • raz po razrepeatedly
Portuguese o tempo inteiro
  • o tempo inteirorepeatedly
Romanian din nou și din nou, iar și iar
  • din nou și din nourepeatedly
  • iar și iarrepeatedly
Russian сно́ва и сно́ва, па́ки и па́ки
  • сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva)repeatedly
  • па́ки и па́ки (páki i páki)repeatedly
Spanish una y otra vez
  • una y otra vezrepeatedly
Swedish om och om igen
  • om och om igenrepeatedly
Tamil மீண்டும் மீண்டும், திரும்பத்திரும்ப
  • மீண்டும் மீண்டும் (mīṇṭum mīṇṭum)repeatedly
  • திரும்பத்திரும்ப (tirumpattirumpa)repeatedly
Thai ซ้ำ ๆ ซาก ๆ, ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า
  • ซ้ำ ๆ ซาก ๆ (sám-sám-sâak-sâak)repeatedly
  • ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าrepeatedly
Turkish tekrar tekrar, ardı ardına
  • tekrar tekrarrepeatedly
  • ardı ardınarepeatedly
  • defalarcarepeatedly
Urdu بار بار, بارہا
  • بار بار (bār-bār)repeatedly
  • بارہا (bārhā)repeatedly
  • گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī)repeatedly
Welsh eto ac eto
  • eto ac etorepeatedly
Cite this entry
APA

again and again. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/again%20and%20again

MLA

“again and again.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/again%20and%20again. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “again and again,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/again%20and%20again.

Source: again and again on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.