graveyard shift
Midnight to dawn
The graveyard shift is the late-night work shift, typically running from around midnight to 8 a.m.
The name evokes the silence and emptiness of a cemetery at night: She's been working the graveyard shift at the hospital.
Also called simply graveyard: I'm on graveyard this week.
- dogwatchShort maritime evening shift
- skeleton crewMinimum workers needed
- chronobiologyStudy of living timing patterns
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- all nighterSleepless work stretch
burning the midnight oil · red eye · fatigue · silence · circadian rhythm · sleep deprivation · sleep disorders · security guard · rotating shifts · drowsiness · dead of night · occupational stress · 24/7 · sleepless · late night · nurse · lonely · midnight
- death idiomsdead end, dead serious, dead wrong, dead tired, dead weight
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- work schedulesovertime, nine to five, workday, workweek, half day
- work shiftsrotating shifts, dogwatch, night watch, night duty
- workweekMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
graveyard shiftday shift
Work period during sunlight
nine-to-five · first shift · morning shift · business hours · regular hours
shift, grave, yard, graveyard, shift work, graveyards, night shift, night shifts