hours

Day's sixty-minute chunks

Hours is the plural of hour, a unit of time equal to sixty minutes.

Hours often refers to the time during which something operates or someone works: business hours, office hours, after hours.

To keep late hours is to stay up late regularly.

The wee hours are the early morning hours after midnight.

It took hours suggests a long, tedious wait.

work

overtime

Work beyond scheduled hours

shiftMovement or work period
billableAble to be invoiced
payrollStaff wages collectively

wage · part-time · full-time · clocked · punched · timesheet · workday · nine-to-five · labor · flex

religious

canonical

Accepted as standard

liturgicalOf public worship rites
matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
vespersEvening devotional service

compline · lauds · prime · sext · none · divine · prayer · holy · devotional · monastic

daily

morning

Day's early hours

eveningLate day period
afternoonPost-meridian hours
nightDark hours daily

midnight · dawn · dusk · sunrise · sunset · twilight · daybreak · nocturnal · diurnal · waking

duration

long

Of great extent

shortOf limited extent
endlessWithout termination or boundary
interminableWithout apparent conclusion

fleeting · passing · spare · idle · wasted · precious · countless · remaining · final · limited

clock

analog

Comparable equivalent

digitalOf discrete data
faceHead's anterior surface
handsGripping limbs' extremities

numerals · tick · tock · chime · alarm · grandfather · cuckoo · sundial · timepiece · wristwatch

scheduling

appointment

Scheduled time for something

officeProfessional work location
visitingGoing to see someone
openingGap or start

closing · operating · trading · banking · store · library · museum · posted · regular · extended

Categories

nounsanimals, bags, balls, banks, beds
timesecond, minute, day, seconds, minutes
timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
workplacecubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk, meeting
labourmanual labour, forced labour, child labour, labourer, toil
time conceptsclock, calendar, minute, second, week

Opposites

time unit scale

Time units, or extras

milliseconds · nanoseconds · moments · microseconds · instants

Phrases

half an hourSixty minutes halved
24 hoursOne day's duration
half hourThirty-minute span
miles per hourSpeed unit, American roads
lunch hourMidday work recess
office hoursDesignated meeting availability

Family

hour, hourly, hourglass, half-hour, hour's, hourlong, happy hour, after-hours, quarter-hour

Familiarity: Top 1,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G