eventide

even·tide

noun \ˈē-vən-ˌtīd\

Definition of EVENTIDE

: the time of evening : evening

Examples of EVENTIDE

1. <eventide was their favorite time for enjoying a quiet respite in the backyard>

First Known Use of EVENTIDE

before 12th century

Related to EVENTIDE

Synonyms

crepuscule (or crepuscle), eve, evenfall, evening, dusk, gloaming, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight

Antonyms

aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup

Related Words

dark, darkness, nighttime

Near Antonyms

day, daytime, light; forenoon

Rhymes with EVENTIDE

Akenside, algicide, alkoxide, almond-eyed, alongside, Argus-eyed, bleary-eyed, bona fide, Christmastide, citified, citywide, classified, coincide, corporate-wide, countrified, countryside, countrywide, cut-and-dried, cyanide, deicide, demand-side, dignified, dioxide, double-wide, eagle-eyed, Eastertide, ecocide, far and wide, feticide, formamide, fratricide, freedom ride, fungicide, genocide, germicide, gimlet-eyed, glassy-eyed, goggle-eyed, googly-eyed, gospel side, great divide, harborside, herbicide, homicide, honeyguide, humified, matricide, Merseyside, misty-eyed, miticide, monoxide, mountainside, nationwide, Naugahyde, Oceanside, on the side, open-eyed, override, overstride, parricide, Passiontide, patricide, pesticide, planetwide, qualified, rarefied, raticide, regicide, riverside, Riverside, set-aside, side by side, silverside, sissified, slickenside, spermicide, starry-eyed, subdivide, suicide, supply-side, trisulfide, underside, verbicide, vermicide, viricide, waterside, Whitsuntide, wintertide