Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Involving or working for fewer hours than is considered full-time or standard. It describes a position, job, or worker where the hours of work are less than the typical full-time schedule.

Usage

• The adjective is used to describe employment, study, or other regular activities that do not occupy a complete standard work or academic week.
• It is commonly hyphenated as part-time.
• It typically precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., a part-time job, part-time hours).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She is looking for a parttime position while she finishes her degree.
  • Many students work parttime to support themselves.
  • The company offers excellent benefits even to its parttime staff.

Advanced Usage

• "to work part-time": This is the standard verb phrase used to describe the action of having a part-time job.
  • He works part-time at the library.

Variants and Related Words

• Part-time (adj./adv.): The standard, hyphenated form of the word.
  • He is a part-time teacher. (adjective)
  • She works part-time. (adverb)
• Full-time (adj./adv.): The antonym, meaning involving the standard or complete number of hours.
  • This is a full-time commitment.

Synonyms

• Fractional: (Less common) involving only a part or fraction of the full time.
• Temporary (context-dependent): While not a direct synonym, some part-time roles are also temporary. The core meaning of relates to hours, not duration.

Antonyms

• Full-time: Involving the complete, standard number of working hours.

Adjective

1. involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
   • part-time employees
   • a part-time job