afternoon

af·ter·noon

noun \ˌaf-tər-ˈnün\

Definition of AFTERNOON

1

: the part of day between noon and sunset

2

: a relatively late period (as of time or life) <in the afternoon of the 19th century>

— afternoon adjective

Examples of AFTERNOON

1. morning, afternoon, evening, and night
2. I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon.
3. It was early afternoon when I left.
4. She spent the afternoon at the library.
5. I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.
6. She doesn't have class on Friday afternoons.
7. It took us all afternoon to get there.
8. It's going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.

First Known Use of AFTERNOON

13th century

Related to AFTERNOON

Synonyms

afterlife, age, autumn, evening

Antonyms

springtime

Related Words

sunset, twilight, winter; anecdotage, dotage, senility; elderliness, golden years, oldness, seniority; adulthood, majority, maturity, middle, middle age, midlife, ripeness

Near Antonyms

adolescence, youth

Rhymes with AFTERNOON

apolune, barracoon, Brigadoon, call the tune, Cameroon, dessertspoon, greasy spoon, harvest moon, honeymoon, importune, macaroon, octoroon, opportune, pantaloon, perilune, picaroon, picayune, rigadoon, saskatoon, Saskatoon, silver spoon, tablespoon