moonlighting

Working two jobs

Moonlighting is working a second job, typically in addition to regular full-time employment.

The term evokes work done after dark, outside normal hours: She's been moonlighting as a bartender to pay off her student loans.

The practice may be hidden from the primary employer, though the word doesn't require secrecy.

secrecy

clandestine

Concealed from authorities

discreet · unofficial · hidden · hush-hush · under-the-table · off-the-books · unauthorized · concealed · furtive · undetected

sidework

freelance

Self-employed project work

consulting · tutoring · driving · bartending · delivering · crafting · photography · writing · editing · designing

lunar

moonlit

Bathed in lunar glow

silvery · twilight · darkness · shadows

Categories
Opposites
employment exclusivity

moonlightingcareer focus

Concentrated occupational direction

company loyalty

work timing

moonlightingday job

Primary paid employment

nine-to-five · official duties

Family

light, moon, daylight, lighting, moonlight, enlighten, mooning, moonbeam, moonrise

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G