Meanings
frequent1
comparative more frequent · comparative frequenter · superlative most frequent · superlative frequentest
- Done or occurring often; common.
I am a frequent visitor to that city.
3 more examples
I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
There are frequent trains to the beach available.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...]
1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489Synonyms: regular, recurring, usual, average, basic, bog-standard, common, common as bums · Antonyms: rare, uncommon, dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply, non-common
- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
[E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.
1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], →OCLC, page 59 - obsoleteOften or commonly reported.
'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor
frequent2
present singular third person frequents · participle present frequenting · participle past frequented · past frequented
- transitiveTo visit often.
I used to frequent that restaurant.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDone or occurring often; common.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecoming at short intervals or habitually
adjectivefrequently encountered
verbdo one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
frequent · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrekʷ-“to cram together”
- Latinfrequens“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”
- Old Frenchfrequent
- Englishfrequent
From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).
More words from Old French, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →frequent · verb
- Latinfrequentare“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”
- Old Frenchfrequenter
- Englishfrequent
From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”).
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συχνός, πυκνός
- συχνός (sukhnós)done or occurring often
- πυκνός (puknós)done or occurring often
- φοιτάω (phoitáō)to visit often
Arabic مُتَكَرِّر, اِرْتَادَ
- مُتَكَرِّر (mutakarrir)done or occurring often
- اِرْتَادَ (irtāda)to visit often
Bulgarian чест, посещавам често
- чест (čest)done or occurring often
- посещавам често (poseštavam često)to visit often
Catalan freqüent, freqüentar
- freqüentdone or occurring often
- freqüentarto visit often
Chinese Mandarin 頻繁 /频繁
- 頻繁 /频繁 (pínfán)done or occurring often
Czech častý, často chodit
- častýdone or occurring often
- často choditto visit often
- pravidelně navštěvovatto visit often
Danish hyppig, tit
- hyppigdone or occurring often
- titdone or occurring often
- oftedone or occurring often
- besøgeto visit often
- frekventereto visit often
Dutch veelvuldig, frequent
- veelvuldigdone or occurring often
- frequentdone or occurring often
- frequenterento visit often
Esperanto ofta, vizitadi
- oftadone or occurring often
- vizitadito visit often
Finnish yleinen, toistuva
- yleinendone or occurring often
- toistuvadone or occurring often
- jatkuvadone or occurring often
- taajadone or occurring often
- usein tapahtuvadone or occurring often
- käydä useinto visit often
French fréquent, fréquenter
- fréquentdone or occurring often
- fréquenterto visit often
- hanterto visit often
German häufig
- häufigdone or occurring often
Greek συχνός
- συχνός (sychnós)done or occurring often
Hindi बार बार, बारंबार
- बार बार (bār bār)done or occurring often
- बारंबार (bārambār)done or occurring often
Hungarian gyakori, látogat
- gyakoridone or occurring often
- látogatto visit often
- járto visit often
- eljárto visit often
Icelandic tíður, stunda
- tíðurdone or occurring often
- stundato visit often
- sækjato visit often
- venja komur sínar áto visit often
- venja komur sínar íto visit often
Irish minic, minicigh
- minicdone or occurring often
- minicighto visit often
Italian frequente, assiduo
- frequentedone or occurring often
- assiduodone or occurring often
- frequentareto visit often
Japanese 頻繁な
- 頻繁な (hinpan na)done or occurring often
Korean 빈번한
- 빈번한 (binbeonhan)done or occurring often
Latin frequēns, saepis
- frequēnsdone or occurring often
- saepisdone or occurring often
- creberdone or occurring often
Latvian biežs
- biežsdone or occurring often
Lithuanian dažnas
- dažnasdone or occurring often
Malay kerap
- kerapdone or occurring often
Māori pūputu, putuputu
- pūputudone or occurring often
- putuputudone or occurring often
- auaudone or occurring often
- hōngongoito visit often
- hōngoingoito visit often
- muremureto visit often
Norwegian hyppig
- hyppigdone or occurring often
Polish częsty, uczęszczać
- częstydone or occurring often
- uczęszczaćto visit often
- bywaćto visit often
Portuguese freqüente, frequente
- freqüentedone or occurring often
- frequentedone or occurring often
- frequentarto visit often
Romanian frecvent
- frecventdone or occurring often
Russian ча́стый, ча́сто посеща́ть
- ча́стый (částyj)done or occurring often
- ча́сто посеща́ть (částo poseščátʹ)to visit often
- захаживать (zaxaživatʹ)to visit often
- части́ть (častítʹ)to visit often
Scottish Gaelic minig
- minigdone or occurring often
Slovak častý
- častýdone or occurring often
Spanish frecuente, frecuentar
- frecuentedone or occurring often
- frecuentarto visit often
- prodigarseto visit often
Turkish sıkça
- sıkçadone or occurring often
Ukrainian ча́стий
- ча́стий (částyj)done or occurring often
Vietnamese thường xuyên
- thường xuyêndone or occurring often
Welsh aelaw, aml
- aelawdone or occurring often
- amldone or occurring often
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with frequent
Cite this entry
frequent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frequent
“frequent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frequent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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