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Wiktionary2.8 / 4 votes

  1. nightnoun

    Synonyms:
    sundown, obscurity, sunset, twilight, shadow, gloom, dark, nightfall, blackness, evening, dusk, darkness, sleep

    Antonyms:
    light, day, brightness, daylight

  2. nightnoun

    The goddess of the night in Heathenry.

    Night all! Thanks for a great evening!

    Synonyms:
    sundown, shadow, darkness, dark, twilight, evening, blackness, sunset, gloom, sleep, dusk, nightfall, obscurity

    Antonyms:
    light, brightness, day, daylight

  3. nightnoun

    An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

    a night on the town

    Synonyms:
    twilight, dusk, obscurity, shadow, sleep, darkness, nightfall, evening, sunset, gloom, blackness, sundown, dark

    Antonyms:
    light, brightness, daylight, day

  4. nightnoun

    A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

    We stayed at the Hilton for five nights.

    Synonyms:
    shadow, gloom, darkness, obscurity, twilight, nightfall, blackness, sleep, dark, sundown, sunset, evening, dusk

    Antonyms:
    brightness, daylight, light, day

  5. nightnoun

    Nightfall.

    from noon ‘til night

    Synonyms:
    shadow, evening, gloom, sleep, sundown, dark, nightfall, darkness, obscurity, twilight, dusk, blackness, sunset

    Antonyms:
    daylight, light, brightness, day

  6. nightnoun

    Darkness.

    The cat disappeared into the night.

    Synonyms:
    sleep, dark, blackness, sunset, gloom, evening, obscurity, nightfall, darkness, shadow, sundown, dusk, twilight

    Antonyms:
    brightness, day, light, daylight

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. night, nighttime, darknoun

    the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

    Synonyms:
    wickedness, nighttime, darkness, iniquity, dark, shadow

    Antonyms:
    day, daytime, daylight

  2. nightnoun

    a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daytime, daylight, day

  3. nightnoun

    the period spent sleeping

    "I had a restless night"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daylight, daytime, day

  4. nightnoun

    the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

    "three nights later he collapsed"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daytime, day, daylight

  5. nightnoun

    darkness

    "it vanished into the night"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daytime, daylight, day

  6. nightnoun

    a shortening of nightfall

    "they worked from morning to night"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daylight, day, daytime

  7. nightnoun

    the time between sunset and midnight

    "he watched television every night"

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    day, daytime, daylight

  8. Nox, Nightnoun

    Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

    Synonyms:
    nighttime, dark

    Antonyms:
    daytime, daylight, day

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purple sky

    the time after dusk

    the stars sparked in the purple sky.

    Submitted by anonymous on June 2, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. nightnoun

    Synonyms:
    darkness

    Associated words:
    nocturnal, noctuary, noctidial, noctilucous, belated, benight, benighted, noctivagant, noctivagation, noctivagous, nocturne, noctiflorous pernoctalian, pernoctation, lychnobite

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How to use night in a sentence?

  1. Mark Mahone:

    In the period from birth to three years, it’s pretty clear that children need naps, they function best and it does n’t seem to affect their ability to get a good night’s sleep.

  2. Roger Federer:

    All of us tennis players travel around the world for 10-11 months of the year, there's no place like playing at home so this is a very special night for me.

  3. Joanna Gaines:

    During the day I’m thinking of schedules and meetings, and then at night when I lay my head down, that’s when I get thinking.

  4. William Shakespeare:

    Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest

  5. Dominic Polito:

    But with the cool air in the night, it is going to the east now, and we're hoping that it stays going that way for a little while.


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