Synonyms for stop-and-go

Most common

stop-start · patchy · fitful

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.

   We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy.

Related words

Other spellings

stop-go

Example sentences

• patchy Judy’s memory is patchy, her speech is slurred.
• fitful Tom's fitful movements only barely resembled dancing.

By length

6 letters

patchy², fitful²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (patchy² = 2 syllables).