flexitime
noun
flexitime is a noun meaning “An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-X-I-T-I-M-E, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flexitime is flexitimes.
What does flexitime mean?
noun
- 1
An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flexitime
- flexitimes plural
- flexi time
- flexi-time
- flextime
- flex-time
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flexitime?
Flexitime appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate flexitime?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of flexitime: flexi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flexitime in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Gleitzeit |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flexitime come from?
From flexi(ble) + time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).