She works 9-5 every weekday.
Source: tatoeba (2463505)
Weekday
/ˈwiːkdeɪ/
Synonyms for "weekday" (38 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: workday, working day, annum, business day, business-day.
- Sentence evidence is available for weekday, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "weekday".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "weekday"
Keep "weekday" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "weekday" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "weekday", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "weekday" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriescalendar dayday of the weekoperational daytemporal adjectivetime related descriptortime unit
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
6 entriesweekday classesweekday eveningweekday hoursweekday morningweekday scheduleweekday traffic
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 57 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- يَوْم عَمَل noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Armenian
1 entries- աշխատանքային օր noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Basque
1 entries- astegun noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Belarusian
2 entries- бу́дні дзень noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- працо́ўны дзень noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Bulgarian
1 entries- де́лничен ден noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Catalan
2 entries- dia feiner noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- dia laborable noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 平常日 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- 平日 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Czech
2 entries- pracovní den noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- všední den noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Danish
3 entries- almindelig ugedag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- arbejdsdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- hverdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Dutch
2 entries- weekdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- werkdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Erzya
1 entries- такойчи noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Esperanto
2 entries- labortago noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- semajntago noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Estonian
1 entries- nädalapäev noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Finnish
1 entries- arkipäivä noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
French
2 entries- jour de la semaine noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- jour ouvré noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Galician
1 entries- día solto noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
German
3 entries- Arbeitstag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- Werktag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- Wochentag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Greek
1 entries- καθημερινή noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lā noa noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Hebrew
2 entries- יוֹם חֹל noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- יום חול noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Hindi
2 entries- कार्यदिवस noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- वार noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Hungarian
2 entries- hétköznap noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- munkanap noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Icelandic
1 entries- vikudagur noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Indonesian
1 entries- hari biasa noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Ingrian
1 entries- arkipäivä noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- روزِ کاری noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Irish
1 entries- lá den tseachtain noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Italian
1 entries- giorno feriale noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Japanese
3 entries- ウィークデー noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- 平日 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- 週日 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Kashmiri
1 entries- وار noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Korean
2 entries- 주중 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- 평일 noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Latin
1 entries- feria noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Latvian
1 entries- darba dienā noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Lithuanian
1 entries- darbo diena noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Wochendag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Macedonian
1 entries- делник noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Northern Sami
1 entries- árga noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- arbeidsdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- hverdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- virkedag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- kvardag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- vyrkedag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- yrkedag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Ojibwe
1 entries- anokii-giizhigad noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Old English
1 entries- wicdæġ noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Woakjeldach noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Polish
2 entries- dzień powszedni noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- dzień roboczy noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Portuguese
1 entries- dia de semana noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Romanian
2 entries- zi a săptămânii noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- zi lucrătoare noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Russian
3 entries- бу́дни noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- бу́дний день noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- рабо́чий день noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Slovak
2 entries- robotný deň noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- všedný deň noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Slovene
1 entries- delavnik noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Spanish
4 entries- dia laborable noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- día de diario noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- día de entre semana noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- día de entresemana noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Swedish
2 entries- arbetsdag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- vardag noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Tajik
1 entries- рӯзи кор noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Thai
1 entries- วันทำงาน noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Turkish
2 entries- hafta arası noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- hafta içi noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бу́день noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- бу́дній день noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- робо́чий день noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Uzbek
3 entries- begim kuni noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- ish kuni noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
- oddiy kun noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngày thường noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Welsh
1 entries- dydd o'r wythnos noun (day of the week, excluding weekends)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
On a recent weekday afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City, the passengers bouncing along on one of the city's green buses breathed in mouthfuls of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals that add to Vietnam's notorious pollution. The toxic smoke did not come from the bus itself, but from the man driving it — one hand supporting the wheel, the other holding a cigarette.
Source: tatoeba (7017805)
What is you typical weekday like?
Source: tatoeba (7112207)
Primary school teacher Marzio Toniolo would usually spend his weekday mornings cycling to work and teaching children in the small, quiet northern Italian town of San Fiorano.
Source: tatoeba (8590462)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "weekday"?
Closest matches include workday, working day, annum, business day, business-day.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "weekday"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.