Meanings
- idiomaticOn occasion, sometimes.
I feel lonely at times, but then somebody phones, or calls round, and I cheer up again.
3 more examples
She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide.
4 March 2015, Louise Taylor, “Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle”, in The GuardianThis means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viiiSynonyms: at turns, in times, occasionally
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseOn occasion, sometimes.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbsporadically and infrequently
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek τοτέ
- τοτέ (toté)on occasion, sometimes
Arabic أَحْيَانًا
- أَحْيَانًا (ʔaḥyānan)on occasion, sometimes
Chinese Mandarin 有時 /有时, 有時候 /有时候
- 有時 /有时 (yǒushí)on occasion, sometimes
- 有時候 /有时候 (yǒushíhou)on occasion, sometimes
Danish til tider
- til tideron occasion, sometimes
Finnish ajoittain, välillä
- ajoittainon occasion, sometimes
- välilläon occasion, sometimes
- joskuson occasion, sometimes
French parfois, de temps à autre
- parfoison occasion, sometimes
- de temps à autreon occasion, sometimes
German zeitweise
- zeitweiseon occasion, sometimes
Greek κατά καιρούς
- κατά καιρούς (katá kairoús)on occasion, sometimes
Hebrew לִפְעָמִים
- לִפְעָמִיםon occasion, sometimes
Hungarian időnként, néha
- időnkénton occasion, sometimes
- néhaon occasion, sometimes
- olykoron occasion, sometimes
Irish scaití
- scaitíon occasion, sometimes
Italian a volte, talvolta
- a volteon occasion, sometimes
- talvoltaon occasion, sometimes
- di quando in quandoon occasion, sometimes
Japanese 時時, 時々
- 時時 (tokidoki)on occasion, sometimes
- 時々 (tokidoki)on occasion, sometimes
Korean 자주
- 자주 (jaju)on occasion, sometimes
Norwegian Bokmål til tider
- til tideron occasion, sometimes
Polish niekiedy, czasami
- niekiedyon occasion, sometimes
- czasamion occasion, sometimes
- momentamion occasion, sometimes
- chwilamion occasion, sometimes
Portuguese às vezes
- às vezeson occasion, sometimes
Romanian câteodată, uneori
- câteodatăon occasion, sometimes
- uneorion occasion, sometimes
Russian иногда́, времена́ми
- иногда́ (inogdá)on occasion, sometimes
- времена́ми (vremenámi)on occasion, sometimes
- подча́с (podčás)on occasion, sometimes
Slovak občas
- občason occasion, sometimes
Spanish a veces
- a veceson occasion, sometimes
Cite this entry
at times. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20times
“at times.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20times. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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