Meanings
adjectiveextracurricular (not comparable)
alternative extra-curricular
- not comparableOutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
- not comparableSimilarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
- informalnot comparableExtramarital.
nounextracurricular (plural extracurriculars)
plural extracurriculars · alternative extra-curricular
- educationAn activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
- informalAn activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
- informalAn extramarital affair.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveoutside the regular academic curriculum
Similar
adjectiveoutside the regular duties of your job or profession
Similar
adjectivecharacterized by adultery
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Englishcurricular
- Englishextracurricular
From extra- + curricular.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 課外 /课外, 課餘 /课余
- 課外 /课外 (kèwài)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- 課餘 /课余 (kèyú)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Danish fritidsaktivitet
- fritidsaktivitetoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Dutch buitenschools
- buitenschoolsoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Finnish lukujärjestyksen ulkopuolinen
- lukujärjestyksen ulkopuolinenoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
French parascolaire, périscolaire
- parascolaireoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- périscolaireoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- extrascolaireoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
German außerschulisch
- außerschulischoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Hungarian különóra
- különóraan activity outside the normal academic curriculum
Indonesian ekstrakurikuler
- ekstrakurikuleroutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Italian extracurricolare
- extracurricolareoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Japanese 課外
- 課外 (kagai)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Polish pozalekcyjny, pozaszkolny
- pozalekcyjnyoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- pozaszkolnyoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Russian внекла́ссный, внеуро́чный
- внекла́ссный (vneklássnyj)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- внеуро́чный (vneuróčnyj)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- внеаудито́рный (vneauditórnyj)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- внепрогра́ммный (vneprográmmnyj)outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Spanish extracurricular
- extracurricularoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Swedish fritids-, utanför schemat
- fritids-outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
- utanför schematoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Turkish müfredat dışı
- müfredat dışıoutside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with extracurricular
particularcurricularventricularperpendicularvehiculartesticularfolliculararticularvesicularlenticularreticularauricularfuniculardiverticularnavicularcuticularextravehicularradicularcocurricularacromioclavicularcanalicularsupraclavicularacicularorbicular
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
extracurricular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracurricular
MLA
“extracurricular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracurricular. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extracurricular,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extracurricular.
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