Night
WordNet
noun
(1) Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
(2) Darkness
"It vanished into the night"
(3) The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
"Three nights later he collapsed"
(4) The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
(5) The time between sunset and midnight
"He watched television every night"
(6) The period spent sleeping
"I had a restless night"
(7) A period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
(8) A shortening of nightfall
"They worked from morning to night"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from , , from , from .
Noun
- The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
- An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- a night on the town
- 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.
- The quality of sleep obtained during a night.
- I had a bad night last night.
- Nightfall.
- from noon till night
- Darkness.
- The cat disappeared into the night.
Synonyms
- (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening
- (quality of sleep): sleep
- (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight
- (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow
Antonyms
- (period between sunset and sunrise): day
- (darkness): brightness, daylight, light
Interjection
!
- Short for good night
- Night all! Thanks for a great evening!