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Definition of DAY

1

the hours of light between one night and the next <during the day, we like to go play ball in the park>

Synonyms daylight, daytime

Related Words light, sunlight, sunshine; dawn, dawning, daybreak, forenoon, morn, morning, sunrise; afternoon, noon; dusk, eve, evening, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight

Near Antonyms black, blackness, dark, darkness

Antonyms night, nighttime

2

an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing <the brief but glorious day of the clipper ship>

Synonyms day, epoch, era, period, time

Related Words cycle, generation, year; bit, space, span, spell, stretch, while; date, vintage

3

the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance <at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness>

Synonyms aurora, cockcrow, dawning, day, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, morning, sun, sunrise, sunup

Related Words daytime; forenoon

Near Antonyms dark, darkness, midnight, night, nighttime; afternoon, midday; dusk, evening, eventide, gloaming, twilight

Antonyms nightfall, sundown, sunset