I live near the sea, so I often get to go to the beach.
Source: tatoeba (1885)
Often
//ˈɒfən//
Synonyms for "often" (57 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Adverb(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
Adverb(3 words)
Related word relations
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7 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
14 entriesdistinct from
5 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
197 translations across 104 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- dikwels adv (frequently, many times)
Albanian
2 entries- dendur adv (frequently, many times)
- shpesh adv (frequently, many times)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πολλά adv (frequently, many times)
- πολλάκις adv (frequently, many times)
Arabic
4 entries- بالزاف adv (frequently, many times)
- طَالَمَا adv (frequently, many times)
- غالبا adv (frequently, many times)
- غالبا ما adv (frequently, many times)
Armenian
1 entries- հաճախ adv (frequently, many times)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tez-tez adv (frequently, many times)
Bashkir
1 entries- йыш adv (frequently, many times)
Basque
1 entries- maiz adv (frequently, many times)
Belarusian
1 entries- ча́ста adv (frequently, many times)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রায়ই adv (frequently, many times)
Breton
1 entries- alies adv (frequently, many times)
Bulgarian
1 entries- че́сто adv (frequently, many times)
Burmese
3 entries- ခဏခဏ adv (frequently, many times)
- ခုတင်ခု adv (frequently, many times)
- မကြာခဏ adv (frequently, many times)
Catalan
1 entries- sovint adv (frequently, many times)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- بارەھا adv (frequently, many times)
- زۆر جار adv (frequently, many times)
- گەلێ جار adv (frequently, many times)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 好多時 /好多时 adv (frequently, many times)
- 成日 adv (frequently, many times)
- 經常 /经常 adv (frequently, many times)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 常常 adv (frequently, many times)
- 往往 adv (frequently, many times)
- 時常 /时常 adv (frequently, many times)
- 經常 /经常 adv (frequently, many times)
Cornish
4 entries- lies gweyth adv (frequently, many times)
- lieskweyth adv (frequently, many times)
- lower gweyth adv (frequently, many times)
- menowgh adv (frequently, many times)
Czech
1 entries- často adv (frequently, many times)
Dakota
2 entries- ižehaŋ adv (frequently, many times)
- s'a adv (frequently, many times)
Danish
2 entries- hyppigt adv (frequently, many times)
- ofte adv (frequently, many times)
Dutch
3 entries- dikwijls adv (frequently, many times)
- menigmaal adv (frequently, many times)
- vaak adv (frequently, many times)
Elfdalian
1 entries- kringgt adv (frequently, many times)
Esperanto
1 entries- ofte adv (frequently, many times)
Estonian
2 entries- sageli adv (frequently, many times)
- tihti adv (frequently, many times)
Finnish
3 entries- monesti adv (frequently, many times)
- monta kertaa adv (frequently, many times)
- usein adv (frequently, many times)
French
2 entries- souvent adv (frequently, many times)
- souventefois adv (frequently, many times)
Galician
3 entries- a miúdo adv (frequently, many times)
- frecuentemente adv (frequently, many times)
- seguido adv (frequently, many times)
Georgian
2 entries- ხშირ-ხშირად adv (frequently, many times)
- ხშირად adv (frequently, many times)
German
2 entries- häufig adv (frequently, many times)
- oft adv (frequently, many times)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 adv (frequently, many times)
Greek
1 entries- συχνά adv (frequently, many times)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- souvan adv (frequently, many times)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת adv (frequently, many times)
Hindi
2 entries- अक्सर adv (frequently, many times)
- प्रायः adv (frequently, many times)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyakran adv (frequently, many times)
- sokszor adv (frequently, many times)
- sűrűn adv (frequently, many times)
Icelandic
4 entries- iðulega adv (frequently, many times)
- oft adv (frequently, many times)
- oftlega adv (frequently, many times)
- títt adv (frequently, many times)
Ido
1 entries- ofte adv (frequently, many times)
Indonesian
1 entries- sering adv (frequently, many times)
Ingrian
1 entries- tihtii adv (frequently, many times)
Interlingua
1 entries- sovente adv (frequently, many times)
Irish
1 entries- go minic adv (frequently, many times)
Italian
2 entries- sovente adv (frequently, many times)
- spesso adv (frequently, many times)
Japanese
4 entries- しばしば adv (frequently, many times)
- よく adv (frequently, many times)
- 度々 adv (frequently, many times)
- 頻繁に adv (frequently, many times)
Javanese
2 entries- asring adv (frequently, many times)
- kerep adv (frequently, many times)
Kashubian
1 entries- czãsto adv (frequently, many times)
Kazakh
2 entries- жиі adv (frequently, many times)
- жиі-жиі adv (frequently, many times)
Khmer
1 entries- ញឹកញាប់ adv (frequently, many times)
Kikuyu
1 entries- kaingĩ adv (frequently, many times)
Korean
3 entries- 수시로 adv (frequently, many times)
- 자주 adv (frequently, many times)
- 흔히 adv (frequently, many times)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жыш adv (frequently, many times)
- тез-тез adv (frequently, many times)
Ladin
3 entries- gonot (badiot) adv (frequently, many times)
- suvënz (gherdëina) adv (frequently, many times)
- suënz adv (frequently, many times)
Ladino
1 entries- akoruto adv (frequently, many times)
Lao
3 entries- ຄ້ອຍ adv (frequently, many times)
- ຈະໄຈ້ adv (frequently, many times)
- ບ່ອຍ adv (frequently, many times)
Latin
2 entries- saepe adv (frequently, many times)
- saepenumerō adv (frequently, many times)
Latvian
1 entries- bieži adv (frequently, many times)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dažnai adv (frequently, many times)
Livonian
1 entries- saggõld adv (frequently, many times)
Low German
3 entries- faken adv (frequently, many times)
- oft adv (frequently, many times)
- vaken adv (frequently, many times)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cesto adv (frequently, many times)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- dacks adv (frequently, many times)
Macedonian
1 entries- често adv (frequently, many times)
Malay
3 entries- kerap adv (frequently, many times)
- selalu adv (frequently, many times)
- sering adv (frequently, many times)
Maltese
1 entries- spiss adv (frequently, many times)
Marathi
4 entries- अनेक वेळा adv (frequently, many times)
- अनेकदा adv (frequently, many times)
- खूप वेळा adv (frequently, many times)
- खूपदा adv (frequently, many times)
Mongolian
2 entries- байн байн adv (frequently, many times)
- үргэлж adv (frequently, many times)
Māori
2 entries- putuputu adv (frequently, many times)
- pūputu adv (frequently, many times)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- naɗi adv (frequently, many times)
Norwegian
2 entries- hyppig adv (frequently, many times)
- ofte adv (frequently, many times)
Ojibwe
1 entries- moozhag adv (frequently, many times)
Old English
1 entries- oft adv (frequently, many times)
Old Norse
1 entries- opt adv (frequently, many times)
Persian
2 entries- اغلب adv (frequently, many times)
- بارها adv (frequently, many times)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- foaken adv (frequently, many times)
Polish
1 entries- często adv (frequently, many times)
Portuguese
3 entries- amiúde adv (frequently, many times)
- frequentemente adv (frequently, many times)
- seguido adv (frequently, many times)
Romanian
1 entries- des adv (frequently, many times)
Romansch
1 entries- savens adv (frequently, many times)
Russian
3 entries- зачасту́ю adv (frequently, many times)
- ча́сто adv (frequently, many times)
- часте́нько adv (frequently, many times)
Scots
1 entries- aften adv (frequently, many times)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- gu tric adv (frequently, many times)
- tric adv (frequently, many times)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čȇsto adv (frequently, many times)
- че̑сто adv (frequently, many times)
Slovak
1 entries- často adv (frequently, many times)
Slovene
1 entries- pogósto adv (frequently, many times)
Spanish
4 entries- a menudo adv (frequently, many times)
- con frecuencia adv (frequently, many times)
- frecuentemente adv (frequently, many times)
- seguido adv (frequently, many times)
Swahili
1 entries- mara nyingi adv (frequently, many times)
Swedish
1 entries- ofta adv (frequently, many times)
Tagalog
1 entries- madalas adv (frequently, many times)
Tajik
2 entries- ағлаб adv (frequently, many times)
- зич adv (frequently, many times)
Tamil
3 entries- அடிக்கடி adv (frequently, many times)
- அவ்வப்பொழுது adv (frequently, many times)
- பலநேரம் adv (frequently, many times)
Tatar
1 entries- еш adv (frequently, many times)
Telugu
2 entries- తరచుగా adv (frequently, many times)
- తరచూ adv (frequently, many times)
Thai
1 entries- บ่อย adv (frequently, many times)
Turkish
2 entries- sık adv (frequently, many times)
- sık sık adv (frequently, many times)
Turkmen
3 entries- aglaba adv (frequently, many times)
- ýygy adv (frequently, many times)
- ýygy-ýygydan adv (frequently, many times)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ча́сто adv (frequently, many times)
Urdu
1 entries- اکثر adv (frequently, many times)
Uzbek
2 entries- ko’pincha adv (frequently, many times)
- tez-tez adv (frequently, many times)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hay adv (frequently, many times)
- luôn adv (frequently, many times)
- thường adv (frequently, many times)
- thường hay adv (frequently, many times)
Volapük
1 entries- suvo adv (frequently, many times)
Walloon
1 entries- sovint adv (frequently, many times)
Welsh
2 entries- yn aml adv (frequently, many times)
- yn fynych adv (frequently, many times)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- mel-boo adv (frequently, many times)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָפֿט adv (frequently, many times)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.
Source: tatoeba (1931)
The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them.
Source: tatoeba (1957)
Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.
Source: tatoeba (1986)
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