NONCE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

nonce

adjective

Definition of nonce

as in infrequent

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Recent Examples of nonce After using a brute-force attack methodology, which allowed the entire search space to be covered in about an hour, Aryal discovered that, for some users at least, the nonce code would be displayed right there on the notification itself. — Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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Goldenvoice’s Head Trip, the third offering in the Coachella promoter’s infrequent time-capsule series (following Desert Trip and Power Trip), is a two-day electronic music summit slated to take over the Empire Polo Club in Indio this weekend.

— Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Diverse characters made infrequent appearances, their storylines often tied to hardship rather than joy.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of infrequent

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There are still intermittent closures and construction connected to recovery projects, and the park service recommends consulting the road status section of its website when traveling to the region.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
My prototype suffered from intermittent rolling resistance with the motor off.

— Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of intermittent

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But there’s another inconstant element on Flagler that neither the city nor its agencies have any control over.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026

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