NIGHT Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈnīt

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as in midnight

the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight loved to sit outside at night and watch the stars

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as in dark

a time or place of little or no light snuck out of town under the cover of night

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as in evening

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness we waited until night to begin lighting the candles in the windows

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night

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adjective

as in nocturnal

of, relating to, or occurring in the night took a night flight out to the coast

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The storm tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall Wednesday night in Siesta Key near Sarasota, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Tampa. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 Hurricane Milton made landfall late on Florida’s West Coast Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane. —

Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024

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Including those multi-night runs, the total number of shows scheduled for summer 2023 comes to 27. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022 All-inclusive nightly rates begin at about $1,000 per couple, but there are multi-night packages that discount this 20-40%. —

Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for night

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