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extra, spare, supplementary, incidental, auxiliary, accessory:
We bought a few occasional chairs in case we have company. 3
special, particular, ceremonial, ritual: She writes occasional
verses for memorial services.
occasionally
adv. sometimes, on occasion, (every) now and then, from time to
time, at times, (every) now and again, once in a while, every so
often, periodically, intermittently, sporadically, irregularly,
off and on: We go up the Lake District for a weekend
occasionally. Trevor occasionally drops in at the local pub for
a beer.
occult adj. 1 secret, dark, concealed, private, privy, hidden,
obscure, veiled, obscured, shrouded, vague, abstruse, shadowy,
mystical, mysterious, cabbalistic, esoteric, recondite, arcane:
Printing was kept an occult art for generations. 2 magical,
mystical, alchemic(al), unexplained, unexplainable,
inexplicable, puzzling, baffling, perplexing, mystifying,
mysterious, incomprehensible, inscrutable, indecipherable,
impenetrable, unfathomable, transcendental, supernatural,
preternatural, mystic: They dress in odd clothes and
participate in occult rituals at peculiar times of the day and
night.
--n. 3 Usually, the occult. the supernatural, the unknown, the
black arts; arcana, cabbala or cabala or kabbala; cabbalism or
cabalism or kabbalism, occultism, sorcery, witchcraft, black
magic: Keith has studied the occult for many years.
occupant n. resident, inhabitant, occupier, tenant, lessee, leaseholder,
renter, owner, householder, indweller, dweller, denizen, lodger,
roomer, boarder; addressee; incumbent: The occupant of the flat
upstairs is rarely home.
occupation
n. 1 job, position, post, situation, appointment, employment,
vocation, line (of work), career, field, calling, trade, m‚tier,
craft, skill, profession, business, work: Claverton pursued his
occupation as a miniaturist for some fifty years. 2 possession,
tenure, occupancy, rule, control, suzerainty, subjugation,
subjection, oppression, bondage: Terrible atrocities were
committed while the land was under the occupation of the