Night definition
Night is a noun meaning "the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside." It has 7 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Night as a noun
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Same sense: dark, nighttime
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"
Synonyms and antonyms
- dark
- nighttime
Opposite: day.
How to say night
Night has 1 syllable and rhymes with right. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with night
NIGHT in word games
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Anagrams
- 1
Is NIGHT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check NIGHT in the word checker, or unscramble NIGHT to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
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