rush hour
Congested commute time
Rush hour is the period when traffic is heaviest, typically when people commute to or from work.
Most cities have two rush hours—morning and evening—though the term is singular: I got stuck in rush hour traffic.
The phrase often modifies other nouns: rush hour commute, rush hour crowds.
Despite the name, rush hour rarely lasts just one hour.
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- trafficMovement along routes
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
- commuteRegular work travel
stuck in traffic · morning commute · road rage · bottleneck · dead stop · congestion · subway · jam · bus · standstill · 9-to-5 · sardines · carpooling · packed like sardines · public transit · honking · car horn · five o'clock
- business districtfinancial district, CBD, office building, office tower, skyscraper
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- traffic termstraffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, gridlock, bottleneck
rush houroff-peak hours
Times of reduced demand
off-peak · light traffic · low traffic · dead of night · late night
rush hourquiet hours
Designated low-noise times
downtime · leisure time · slow period · lull · dead time
rush, hurry, hour, hurried, rushed, rushing, hours, hourly, rushes