workaday

adjective

work·​a·​day ˈwər-kə-ˌdā 

1

: of, relating to, or suited for working days

workaday clothes

2

: ordinary, prosaic

workaday activities

a workaday life

Synonyms of workaday

• ordinary
• normal
• usual
• typical
• average
• routine

Examples of workaday in a Sentence

Their vacation provided a welcome change from their workaday life.

the workaday struggles and concerns of the average person

Recent Examples on the Web

Hollywood may be built on glamor, but the workaday reality is anything but. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Choreographed spectacle is easier, in some sense, than contending with the messiness of the workaday world. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

What to do nearby The hotel sits at the border where polished Nihonbashi gives way to the workaday backstreets of Odenmacho and Bakurocho—once a wholesale-trade district, now carrying a low-key creative charge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Benjamín Echazarreta’s cinematography is alert to the workaday energy of the hotel as well as the eerie beauty of the setting, with its mix of fairy-tale wonder and bone-deep dread. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier workyday, from obsolete workyday, noun workday

First Known Use

1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for workaday

• aaa
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• axillae
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway

Kids Definition

workaday

adjective

work·​a·​day ˈwər-kə-ˌdā 

: everyday

workaday clothes

workaday activities