Meanings
plural workdays · alternative work day
- USAny of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
It will take five workdays to process your application.
Synonyms: weekday, business day
- USThat part of a day in which work is done.
My workday is 8 hours.
comparative more workday · superlative most workday · alternative work day
- alternativeAlternative form of workaday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
part of the day
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishweorcdæġ“workday”
- Middle Englishwerkdai
- Englishworkday
From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.
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Bulgarian делник, работен ден
- делник (delnik)day on which work is done
- работен ден (raboten den)day on which work is done
- работно време (rabotno vreme)part of a day on which work is done
Catalan dia feiner, jornada diària
- dia feinerday on which work is done
- jornada diàriapart of a day on which work is done
Chinese Mandarin 工作日, 工作時間 /工作时间
- 工作日 (gōngzuòrì)day on which work is done
- 工作時間 /工作时间 (gōngzuò shíjiān)part of a day on which work is done
Danish arbejdsdag, arbejdsdag
- arbejdsdagday on which work is done
- arbejdsdagpart of a day on which work is done
Dutch werkdag
- werkdagday on which work is done
Esperanto labortago
- labortagoday on which work is done
Finnish työpäivä, työpäivä
- työpäiväday on which work is done
- työpäiväpart of a day on which work is done
French jour ouvrable, journée de travail
- jour ouvrableday on which work is done
- journée de travailpart of a day on which work is done
Hindi कार्यदिवस
- कार्यदिवस (kāryadivas)day on which work is done
Hungarian munkanap
- munkanapday on which work is done
Icelandic virkur dagur
- virkur dagurday on which work is done
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidsdag, arbeidsdag
- arbeidsdagday on which work is done
- arbeidsdagpart of a day on which work is done
Polish dzień powszedni, dzień roboczy
- dzień powszedniday on which work is done
- dzień roboczyday on which work is done
- roboczodniówkapart of a day on which work is done
Portuguese dia útil
- dia útilday on which work is done
Romanian zi lucrătoare, timp zilnic de lucru
- zi lucrătoareday on which work is done
- timp zilnic de lucrupart of a day on which work is done
Russian рабо́чий день, будний день
- рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ)day on which work is done
- будний день (budnij denʹ)day on which work is done
- трудодень (trudodenʹ)day on which work is done
- рабочее вре́мя (rabočeje vrémja)part of a day on which work is done
- рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ)part of a day on which work is done
Spanish día laborable, día hábil
- día laborableday on which work is done
- día hábilday on which work is done
- día laboralday on which work is done
- jornadapart of a day on which work is done
Vietnamese ngày công, ngày làm việc
- ngày côngday on which work is done
- ngày làm việcday on which work is done
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workday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workday
“workday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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