Night meaning

What does “night” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“night” is a noun with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.

night

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Synonymsnighttime dark
Oppositesday
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
the period spent sleeping
“I had a restless night”
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
“three nights later he collapsed”
darkness
“it vanished into the night”
a shortening of nightfall
“they worked from morning to night”
the time between sunset and midnight
“he watched television every night”
Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
SynonymsNox

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University