morning commute
Daily office journey
The morning commute is the regular journey from home to work at the start of the day.
It encompasses whatever mode of transportation—driving, taking the train, cycling, walking—and has become shorthand for the entire experience, including its frustrations: Traffic made my morning commute unbearable.
The phrase implies routine, distinguishing it from occasional trips.
- rushQuick sudden movement
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- trafficMovement along routes
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
- subwayUnderground transit passage
train · train delay · coffee · coffee cup · briefcase · platform · crowded · highway · bus · carpool · park and ride · gridlock · road rage · alarm · snooze button · sleepy · station · public transit
- work routinescoffee break, lunch break, team meeting, check-in, standup
- commutingrush hour, peak hours, off-peak, traffic, rush hour traffic
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- busy timesrush hour, evening rush, lunch rush, peak season, high season
- traffic typesfoot traffic, rush hour, air traffic, rail traffic, truck traffic
- busesbus, city bus, public bus, transit bus, express bus
morning commuteday off
Scheduled absence from work
holiday · sick day · staycation · retirement · sabbatical
morning commuteworking from home
Employment from one's residence
remote work · telecommuting · staying put · home office · desk work
morning, commute, morn, mornings, commuter, commuters, commutes, commuted, commuting