part-time

adjective

ˈpärt-ˈtīm 

: involving or working less than customary or standard hours

a part-time job

part-time students

part-time adverb

part-timer

ˈpärt-ˌtī-mər 

-ˈtī-

noun

Examples of part-time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Full-time workers are eligible after six months, and part-time employees qualify after 625 hours. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

The firm, based in Beverly Hills, currently has five full-time employees and roughly a dozen part-time staffers. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

Beginning in the late 1990s, O’Neal has worked part-time with several police departments and even became a reserve officer in both Los Angeles and Miami. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for part-time

• airtime
• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime

Kids Definition

part-time

adjective or adverb

ˈpärt-ˈtīm

: involving or working less than a full or regular schedule