Thesaurus:nighttime

Thesaurus

nighttime

English

Noun

Sense: the period of ambient darkness between sunset and sunrise

NB: When the Sun is below the horizon.

Synonyms

• night
• nightertale (obsolete)
• nighttide
• nighttime
• scotoperiod, skotoperiod (biology)

Antonyms

• daytime    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• early morning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• evening    [⇒ thesaurus]
• midnight    [⇒ thesaurus]
• night

Meronyms

• compline (historical, Christianity)
• vigil (historical, Christianity)
• matins (historical, Christianity)

Holonyms

• day    [⇒ thesaurus]

Comeronyms

• daytime    [⇒ thesaurus]
• twilight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “126. evening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “421. darkness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “nighttime” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.