Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day job

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.37 in modern English

Syllables
day job
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One's principal job; one's regular means of income.

Etymology

From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift.

Inflected Forms

day jobs (plural) dayjob (alternative) day-job (alternative)

Phrases

don't give up your day job be on days day labor day laborer day shift 9 to 5

Frequently Paired Words

be on days day labor day laborer day shift 9 to 5 moonlighting

Antonyms

night job side job side gig side hustle

Questions

What does day job mean?
One's principal job; one's regular means of income.
Where does day job come from?
From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift.

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