graveyard-shift
Overnight work period
The graveyard shift is the late-night work shift, typically midnight to 8 a.m.
The name evokes the stillness and emptiness of a cemetery at night: She's been working the graveyard shift at the hospital.
Sometimes shortened to graveyard: I'm on graveyard this week.
Spanning evening to morning
- late-nightOccurring after dark
- after-hoursBeyond regular closing
- off-hoursNon-working periods
- red-eyeLate-night transcontinental flight
Lacking in sound
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- solitudeState of being alone
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
lonely · deserted · silence · darkness · isolation · monotony · peaceful · slow
State of utter depletion
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- melatoninCircadian rhythm regulator
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
caffeine · coffee · napping · fatigue · bleary-eyed · sluggishness · yawning · alertness
One who stays up late
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- bakerOne who makes bread
- truckerCommercial freight driver
dispatcher · warehouse · hospital · stockroom · front-desk · diner · paramedic · hotel
Work beyond scheduled hours
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- time-and-a-halfFifty percent wage premium
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
overnight
Spanning evening to morning
- late-nightOccurring after dark
- after-hoursBeyond regular closing
- off-hoursNon-working periods
quiet
Lacking in sound
stillness · lonely · deserted · silence · darkness · isolation · monotony · peaceful · slow · contemplative
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- melatoninCircadian rhythm regulator
burnout · caffeine · coffee · napping · fatigue · bleary-eyed · sluggishness · yawning · alertness · wakefulness
night-owl
One who stays up late
trucker · dispatcher · warehouse · hospital · stockroom · front-desk · diner · paramedic · hotel · airport
overtime
Work beyond scheduled hours
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- time-and-a-halfFifty percent wage premium
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
graveyard-shiftday shift
Work period during sunlight
nine-to-five · morning shift · first shift · regular hours · business hours
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