night

Speech parts

1. night - Noun

2. night - Verb

3. night - Interjection

4. Night - Proper noun

Meaning

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.

The period after the close of life; death.

A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dark evening darkness nighttime dusk nightfall twilight midnight sunset blackness sundown dead of night eve eventide obscurity
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Antonyms

day light brightness daylight aurora morrow
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Hypernyms

twilight period fall dark darkness dusk

Hyponyms

weeknight wedding night

Phrases with the word

night owl The night The Night Before good night Spend the Night by night

Anagrams

thing

Examples

Ignorance is the night of mind, a night without moon or star. Confucius

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. Marilyn Monroe

It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman. Hindi Proverb

Do not blame the sun for the darkness of the night. Georgian Proverb

Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold. Hindi Proverb

it vanished into the night Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nighly nighness nighsome night adder night after night night air