day job

English

Alternative forms

• dayjob

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.

Noun

day job (plural day jobs)

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

   Antonyms: night job, side job; side gig, side hustle

Derived terms

• don't give up your day job

Related terms

• be on days
• day labor
• day laborer
• day shift

 

See also

• 9 to 5
• moonlighting

Anagrams

• jobday