NIGHTS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

nights

noun

Definition of nights

plural of night

as in evenings

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 dusks

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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Recent Examples of nights That includes the recent NXT call-up of Ricky Saints as well as Raw stars Finn Balor and Gunther moving over to Friday nights. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 For example, during the week of July 9 through July 12, on South Side festival nights, there were three traffic stops, 10 parking citations, six tows, eight non-traffic citations and four arrests. — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026 In the days before her baby was found dead inside a hot car, Deja Coleman had been staying up nights with her teething 1-year-old, caring for her two other children and juggling 12-hour work shifts, according to her attorney. — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026 On one of the coldest nights of New York’s winter, hundreds of people lined up outside the New York Public Library. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 Its nod to the heat, humidity and congestion of summer days, and to the cool air, darkness and freedom of summer nights emotionally resonated with the music-buying public. — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 On Friday night, the US appeared to pause its bombing campaign on Iran after nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of strikes. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 That ceremony, to be held over two nights on September 5 and 6, is just supposed to be called the Emmys now, as is the following weekend’s main telecast. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026 Rookie infielder Hao-Yu Lee hit a three-run home run to help beat the Cubs a few nights ago. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nights

Noun

During the evenings, TVs are turned off to encourage a family atmosphere.

— USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Teaching nursery school during the day, Forti spent her evenings studying improvisation and composition at night at the Merce Cunningham Studio under musicologist Robert Ellis Dunn, who introduced her to the work of avant-garde composer John Cage.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026

Definition of evenings

Noun

Venus Venus is conspicuous as July's long evening twilights fade.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 July 2026
Schools and workplaces open at night, construction sites buzz in the small hours under massive floodlights, and outdoor recreation takes place in the twilights of dawn and dusk.

— Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of twilights

Noun

The Lims moved into a three-bedroom, three-bath apartment in Flic en Flac, a small coastal town with gorgeous sunsets on the west side of Mauritius’ main island of the same name.

— William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The shift marks the return to standard time and gives Americans an extra hour of sleep, while also bringing earlier sunsets and more morning daylight through the winter months.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026