Home › Words › B › bytimebytimebytime means A period of leisure; spare time.EtymologyFrom Scots bytime, equivalent to by- + time.nounA period of leisure; spare timee.g.“"[…] Doth our doughty Captain go birdsnesting and nutting in his bytimes?”” — 1976, Robert Haven Schauffler, Thanksgiving:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.leisuring 58% match — The spending of time in leisure activities; recreation. vs bytime →meantime 57% match — The time spent waiting for another event; time in between. vs bytime →leisured 57% match — Having leisure time, especially as a result of not having to work for a living. vs bytime →coffeetime 56% match — A time when coffee is drunk. vs bytime →leisurably 55% match — At leisure; in a leisurely way. vs bytime →aftertime 55% match — A later time; the future. vs bytime →betimes 55% match — In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably. vs bytime →byembye 55% match — by and by vs bytime →