weekday

noun

week·​day ˈwēk-ˌdā 

: any day of the week except Sunday or now usually except Saturday and Sunday

Examples of weekday in a Sentence

The library is open on weekdays from 9:00 to 5:00.

Recent Examples on the Web

On a recent weekday, a group of friends settled into a leather booth, the speakers above them blaring a pop-punk track from the early two-thousands. —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025

On any weekday evening in the late summer and fall, the Newbury Park Steelers might linger on the sidelines and wait for the high schoolers to finish practice. —Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Get Morning Squawk directly in your inbox CNBC's Morning Squawk recaps the biggest stories investors should know before the stock market opens, every weekday morning. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025

For daily updates, subscribe to Fortune’s weekday newsletters, including CEO Daily, CFO Daily, and MPW Daily, as well as Next to Lead (weekly Mondays), and CIO Intelligence (weekly Wednesdays). —Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for weekday

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret

Kids Definition

weekday

noun

week·​day ˈwēk-ˌdā 

: a day of the week except Sunday or except Saturday and Sunday