Synonyms of afternoon

afternoon

noun

ˌaf-tər-ˈnün 

as in evening

a later period of one's life

literary fame did not arrive until the afternoon of her life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evening
• age
• autumn
• twilight
• winter
• middle
• afterlife
• sunset
• maturity
• golden years
• adulthood
• dotage
• senility
• majority
• middle age
• anecdotage
• seniority
• midlife
• ripeness
• elderliness
• oldness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• youth
• springtime
• adolescence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of afternoon

Friday afternoon, prior to the rain, Canadian indie rockers Mother Mother offered up a one hour set on the Tito’s Handmade Vodka stage at Grant Park’s Petrillo Music Shell, part of a quasi-rock resurgence shaping the 2026 Lollapalooza lineup. — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

That fire started on Saturday afternoon local time and had burned over 3,500 acres by early Sunday morning, according to the Watch Duty app. — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

But real trade discussions didn’t ramp up until Friday afternoon. — Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026

But Saturday afternoon, Vitello saw a wrong that needed to be righted. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026