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night

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of night

of, relating to, or occurring in the night

  • took a night flight out to the coast
Synonyms of night

nightly, nighttime, nocturnal
Words Related to night

late

midnight, overnight
Near Antonyms of night

noon
Antonyms of night

daily, diurnal

night

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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 of night

dark, darkness, nighttime
Words Related to night

dusk, evening, gloaming, nightfall, twilight

midnight
Near Antonyms of night

dawn, daybreak, sunrise, sunup

forenoon, morning

high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime

afternoon
Antonyms of night

day, daytime

2 a time or place of little or no light

  • snuck out of town under the cover of night
Synonyms of night

black, blackness, candlelight, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra
Words Related to night

midnight

blackout, brownout, dimout

shadiness, umbrage

dullness (also dulness), somberness

cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness

dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness

half-light
Near Antonyms of night

moonlight, starlight, sunlight

effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine

incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness
Antonyms of night

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 of night

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

dark, darkness, nighttime
Near Antonyms of night

day, daytime, light

forenoon
Antonyms of night

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

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