night

English Thesaurus

1. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	roman deity,
definition	:	a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans (noun.person)

2. darkness (noun.state)

hypernym	:	dark, darkness,
definition	:	absence of light or illumination (noun.state)

3. the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit (noun.time)

hypernym	:	time unit, unit of time,
definition	:	a unit for measuring time periods (noun.time)

4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

hyponym	:	weeknight,
definition	:	any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday (noun.time)

hyponym	:	wedding night,
definition	:	the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together (noun.time)

part holonym	:	evening,
definition	:	the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way (noun.time)

part holonym	:	late-night hour,
definition	:	the latter part of night (noun.time)

part holonym	:	midnight,
definition	:	12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night (noun.time)

part holonym	:	small hours,
definition	:	the hours just after midnight (noun.time)

part holonym	:	lights-out,
definition	:	a prescribed bedtime (noun.time)

part meronym	:	24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours,
definition	:	time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis (noun.time)

5. the time between sunset and midnight (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period, period, period of time, time period, period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

6. a shortening of nightfall (noun.time)

hypernym	:	crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight,
definition	:	the time of day immediately following sunset (noun.time)

7. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside (noun.time)

antonym	:	day, daylight, daytime,
definition	:	the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside (noun.time)

derivation	:	nightly,
definition	:	happening every night (adj.all)

antonym	:	day, daylight, daytime,
definition	:	the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside (noun.time)

derivation	:	nightly,
definition	:	happening every night (adj.all)