Definitions

moonlighting

ADJECTIVE

adulterous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheating extracurricular illicit

WEAK

double-crossing fast and loose immoral speedy two-faced two-timing unchaste

Antonyms

WEAK

chaste clean pure virginal

ADJECTIVE

unfaithful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheating untrue

WEAK

adulterine deceitful double-crossing faithless false false-hearted fickle foresworn inconstant incontinent not true to of bad faith perfidious philandering recreant shifty snaky sneaking traitorous treacherous treasonable two-faced two-timing unchaste unreliable untrustworthy wicked

Antonyms

WEAK

faithful loyal trustworthy

NOUN

sideline

Synonyms

STRONG

distraction diversion hobby recreation subsidiary

WEAK

leisure activity leisure pursuit second job side job side project

Antonyms

STRONG

profession vocation work

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Meanwhile, he is considering moonlighting as a delivery driver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He quit Momofuku Ko but when the chef at Sergeantsville Inn left, he stepped in and was soon moonlighting in the kitchen a few days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The 24-year-old is moonlighting at Eurovision from his day job at the Vienna State Opera, where he's had roles in The Magic Flute and Von der Liebe Tod.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

The ski and snowboarding operation, which includes 25 lifts, 3,500 skiable acres and a season that usually runs November through June, was founded in 1953 by a moonlighting hydrologist named Dave McCoy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

Ill Patrolman Mancuso had tried a little moonlighting in his effort to apprehend someone, anyone for the sergeant.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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