after dark

Speech parts

1. after dark - Noun

2. after dark - Phrase

Meaning

after dark

After nightfall; at night.

(Australia, rhyming slang) A bookmaker's clerk.

(Australia, rhyming slang) A shark.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

late night evening midnight nighttime nightfall nightly nocturnally duskiness postmeridian nocturnal

Antonyms

daytime

Examples

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark. H. L. Mencken

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. Dick Gregory

Yes, I definitely prefer the daylight population of the playing fields to that which comes there after dark. M. R. James

(Television) Men are naturally more aggressive than women. (Sylvia) All the more reason to keep them locked up after dark. Nicole Hollander

I used to be frightened of the countryside after dark. Now I enjoy it. There is something wonderful about those strange country and wildlife noises. Jasmine Guinness

After dark all cats are leopards. Native American Proverb

Words in the phrase

after dark

Close letter words and terms

after completing after consideration after considering everything after daylight after deduction of after deductions