adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
2. 2
   An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession. informal
3. 3
   An extramarital affair. informal

Adjective

1. 1
   Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment. not-comparable

   "The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends."

2. 2
   Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession. not-comparable
3. 3
   Extramarital. informal, not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   characterized by adultery wordnet
2. 2
   outside the regular duties of your job or profession wordnet
3. 3
   outside the regular academic curriculum wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adulterousextramaritalillicitoutside

Example

More examples

"We have extracurricular activities after school."

Etymology

From extra- + curricular.

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