Thesaurus:daytime

Thesaurus

daytime

English

Noun

Sense: the period of ambient light between sunrise and sunset

NB: When the Sun is above the horizon.

Synonyms

• day    [⇒ thesaurus]
• daylight
• daylength (biology)
• daytime
• photoperiod (biology)
• upsun (legal, Scotland)

Antonyms

• nighttime    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• afternoon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• evening    [⇒ thesaurus]
• midday    [⇒ thesaurus]
• morning    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• prime (historical, Christianity)
• terce, tierce (historical, Christianity)
• sext (historical, Christianity)
• nones, none (historical, Christianity)

Holonyms

• day    [⇒ thesaurus]

Comeronyms

• nighttime    [⇒ thesaurus]
• twilight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “125. morning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “420. light” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “daytime” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.