night

1 the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight loved to sit outside at night and watch the stars Synonyms dark, darkness, nighttime Related Words dusk, evening, gloaming, nightfall, twilight; midnight Near Antonyms dawn, daybreak, sunrise, sunup; forenoon, morning; high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime; afternoon Antonyms day, daytime

2 a time or place of little or no light snuck out of town under the cover of night Synonyms black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, dark, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbraRelated Words midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-lightNear Antonyms moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousnessAntonyms blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

3 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 Synonyms crepuscule (or crepuscle), eve, evenfall, evening, eventide, gloaming, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilightRelated Words dark, darkness, nighttimeNear Antonyms day, daytime, light; forenoonAntonyms aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup