What does "thursday" mean?

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

What is a synonym for "thursday"?

Common synonyms include: fifth day, th, thor's day, thu, thurs, weekday.

Thursday

/ˈθɜːz.deɪ/ adv, noun, slang

adv, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Usage: "Thursday" is primarily used as a noun. Its central meaning — on thursday — makes it most effective in contexts where precision matters over a more general alternative.

Origin: From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day.

Watch out: Writers sometimes confuse "thursday" with "Th" or "Thu" — the words overlap in meaning but differ in nuance or register. Use "thursday" when you specifically mean its core sense rather than defaulting to it as a generic substitute.

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Noun

1
The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
"Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv."
2
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day wordnet

Adverb

1
On Thursday. Canada, US, informal, not-comparable

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fifth day th thor's day thu thurs weekday

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holiday weekend

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"The meeting is to be held next Thursday."

Etymology

From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day. A calque of Latin diēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).

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