evening

Speech parts

1. evening - Noun

2. evening - Verb

Meaning

of Even

The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.

The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eve eventide twilight even night sunset nighttime dusk nightfall sundown gloaming morocco arabian leal vesper
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Antonyms

aurora sunbeam dawn alb morn dayspring
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Hypernyms

day period daytime daylight time period period of time

Hyponyms

guest night

Phrases with the word

evening of life evening meal evening of one's life shades of evening evening person early evening

Anagrams

eevning

Examples

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. William Blake

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. Mahatma Gandhi

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Wise in the morning is wiser in the evening. Finnish Proverb

Morning is wiser than the evening. Russian Proverb

Evening promises are like butter: morning comes, and it's all melted. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

evenhandedness evenhead evenhood evening attire evening bag evening bat