parttime

1. 1.

   for less than the standard number of hours

   “he works part-time”

   Synonymshalf-timepart-time

Questions about parttime

What does parttime mean?

parttime means "for less than the standard number of hours".

How many syllables are in parttime?

parttime has 2 syllables: part-time. The stress falls on "part". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹtˌtaɪm/.

What is another word for parttime?

Close synonyms include half-time, part-time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parttime a common word?

parttime is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.