Seldom

//ˈsɛldəm//

Synonyms for "seldom" (61 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

Adverb(2 words)
barelyhardly

Strong matches (18)

Adverb(1 words)
rarely

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

8 entries

distinct from

2 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

112 translations across 77 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • selde adv (infrequently, rarely)

Albanian

1 entries
  • rrallë adv (infrequently, rarely)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σπανίως adv (infrequently, rarely)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَادِرًا adv (infrequently, rarely)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հազվադեպ adv (infrequently, rarely)

Asturian

1 entries
  • raramente adv (infrequently, rarely)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • az adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • gec-gec adv (infrequently, rarely)

Basque

1 entries
  • gutxitan adv (infrequently, rarely)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • рэ́дка adv (infrequently, rarely)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কদাপি adv (infrequently, rarely)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • рядък adj (infrequent)
  • ря́дко adv (infrequently, rarely)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲ adv (infrequently, rarely)

Catalan

1 entries
  • rarament adv (infrequently, rarely)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • talagsa adv (infrequently, rarely)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بەدەگمان adv (infrequently, rarely)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 好少 adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • 很少 adv (infrequently, rarely)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 伄儅 /伄𰁸 adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • 很少 adv (infrequently, rarely)

Czech

1 entries
  • zřídka adv (infrequently, rarely)

Danish

2 entries
  • sjælden adj (infrequent)
  • sjældent adv (infrequently, rarely)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ongewoon adj (infrequent)
  • zelden adv (infrequently, rarely)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malofte adv (infrequently, rarely)

Estonian

1 entries
  • harva adv (infrequently, rarely)

Faroese

1 entries
  • sjáldan adv (infrequently, rarely)

Finnish

1 entries
  • harvoin adv (infrequently, rarely)

French

1 entries
  • rarement adv (infrequently, rarely)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ღარიბი adj (infrequent)
  • იშვიათად adv (infrequently, rarely)

German

1 entries
  • selten adv (infrequently, rarely)

Greek

1 entries
  • σπάνια adv (infrequently, rarely)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת adv (infrequently, rarely)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कभी कभी adv (infrequently, rarely)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ritkán adv (infrequently, rarely)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sjaldan adv (infrequently, rarely)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jarang adv (infrequently, rarely)

Irish

1 entries
  • go hannamh adv (infrequently, rarely)

Italian

2 entries
  • di rado adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • raramente adv (infrequently, rarely)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 滅多に…ない adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • 稀に adv (infrequently, rarely)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • malagad adv (infrequently, rarely)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аз adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • сирек adv (infrequently, rarely)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មិនសូវ adv (infrequently, rarely)

Korean

2 entries
  • 드물게 adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • 좀체로…않게 adv (infrequently, rarely)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • аз adv (infrequently, rarely)

Lao

1 entries
  • ບໍ່ສູ້ adv (infrequently, rarely)

Latin

3 entries
  • rārenter adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • rārē adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • rārō adv (infrequently, rarely)

Latvian

1 entries
  • reti adv (infrequently, rarely)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • nedažnai adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • retai adv (infrequently, rarely)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ретко adv (infrequently, rarely)

Malay

1 entries
  • jarang adv (infrequently, rarely)

Maltese

1 entries
  • rari adv (infrequently, rarely)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хааяа нэг adv (infrequently, rarely)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sjelden adv (infrequently, rarely)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjeldan adv (infrequently, rarely)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • wiikaa adv (infrequently, rarely)

Persian

2 entries
  • به ندرت adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • ندرت adv (infrequently, rarely)

Polish

1 entries
  • rzadko adv (infrequently, rarely)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • raramente adv (infrequently, rarely)

Romanian

2 entries
  • rar adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • rareori adv (infrequently, rarely)

Russian

2 entries
  • и́зредка adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • ре́дко adv (infrequently, rarely)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ainneamh adv (infrequently, rarely)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • retko adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • rijetko adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • ретко adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • ријетко adv (infrequently, rarely)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zriedka adv (infrequently, rarely)

Slovene

1 entries
  • rédko adv (infrequently, rarely)

Spanish

4 entries
  • a penas adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • apena adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • apenas adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • apenas si adv (infrequently, rarely)

Swahili

1 entries
  • nadra adv (infrequently, rarely)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sällan adv (infrequently, rarely)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bihira adv (infrequently, rarely)

Tajik

2 entries
  • кушод-кушод adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • нудратан adv (infrequently, rarely)

Tatar

2 entries
  • аз adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • сирәк adv (infrequently, rarely)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไม่บ่อย adv (infrequently, rarely)

Turkish

2 entries
  • az adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • nadiren adv (infrequently, rarely)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • az adv (infrequently, rarely)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • зрі́дка adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • рі́дко adv (infrequently, rarely)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کبھی کبھی adv (infrequently, rarely)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oz adv (infrequently, rarely)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ít khi adv (infrequently, rarely)

Volapük

2 entries
  • selediko adv (infrequently, rarely)
  • seledo adv (infrequently, rarely)

Welsh

1 entries
  • anfynych adv (infrequently, rarely)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זעלטן adv (infrequently, rarely)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Although her house is nearby, I seldom see her.

Source: tatoeba (18735)

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Source: tatoeba (29918)

I seldom go to a library.

Source: tatoeba (31794)

Bob seldom talks with Maria without making her angry.

Source: tatoeba (33202)

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