English Explanatory Dictionary

workaday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Suitable for everyday use.
  2. Mundane or commonplace.
noun
  1. A workday.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ /ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-workaday.wav

Word forms

workaday more workaday most workaday workyday workadays

Etymology

Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.

Synonyms

everyday general regular average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen frequent habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian plain quotidian routinary routine ten a penny two a penny usual workaday garden variety ordinary typical medial commonplace common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary expected improminent mundane natural normal plain vanilla run-of-the-mill standard standard issue unexceptional unremarkable unstrange vulgar wakeaday

Related words

workday
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