long commute
Extended daily travel
A long commute is a substantial daily journey between home and work, typically exceeding thirty minutes or an hour each way.
The phrase implies tedium and lost time: She turned down the job because of the long commute.
What counts as "long" varies by region—an hour might be normal in Los Angeles but excessive in a small town.
- trafficMovement along routes
- highwayMajor road for travel
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- morning rushEarly day congestion
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
stuck in traffic · exhausting · subway · train · driving · bumper-to-bumper · road rage · freeway · express lane · carpool · gas money · podcast · audiobook · congestion · stressful · dead tired · tolls · parking
- commutingrush hour, peak hours, off-peak, traffic, rush hour traffic
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- travel problemslost luggage, flight delays, flight delay, delayed flight, missed flight
- drainingmarathon, manual labor, double shift, night shift, boot camp
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
long commutewalking distance
Span traversable on foot
working from home · remote work · telecommuting · commute-free · home office
long, commute, longer, longest, longing, longingly, length, lengthen, lengthy