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night

/ˈnaɪ̯t/noun1 syllable

Night means: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.

Synonyms for night14

noun, as in the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

nighttime, dark

noun, as in Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Nox

also used for night

evening, blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset, sleep

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Opposites of night

day

What does night mean?8

noun

1

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

2

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

3

a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

4

the period spent sleeping“I had a restless night”

5

the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit“three nights later he collapsed”

6

darkness“it vanished into the night”

7

a shortening of nightfall“they worked from morning to night”

8

the time between sunset and midnight“he watched television every night”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with night?45

three syllables

overnight
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 45 rhymes for night, grouped by syllable

Night in a sentence

  • Fully booked for the night, the hotel had to turn away some late guests.CK
  • Well, the night is quite long, isn't it?CK
  • They were very tired, hungry, and thirsty that night.CM
  • As often as not, we lay awake all night.unknown
  • You can play this piano, but not at night.CK
  • A bat hunts food and eats at night, but sleeps during the day.CK
  • Since the road is wet this morning, it must have rained last night.sundown
  • According to today's paper, there was a fire in this town last night.unknown

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Forms of night

as a noun

plural
nights