Synonyms for day
Another word for day is twenty-four hours, solar day or mean solar day. Below are 7 synonyms and 30 related words across 9 senses, with antonyms.
1. noun: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- twenty-four hours
- solar day
- mean solar day
- twenty-four hour period
2. noun: a point or period in time
3. noun: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
4. noun: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- daylight
- daytime
Antonyms
- night
5. noun: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
6. noun: an era of existence or influence
7. noun: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
8. noun: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- sidereal day
9. noun: a period of opportunity
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- today
- date synonyms
- day of the month
- tomorrow
- unit of time
- time unit
- yesterday
- snow day
- eve synonyms
- morrow
- off-day
- end of the world
- crack of doom
- day of reckoning
- doomsday synonyms
- eschaton
- school day
- market day
- field day
- election day
- degree day
- civil day
- speech day
- wedding day
- red-letter day
- holiday
- anniversary
- calendar day
- washing day
- leap day
Day in word games
- Letters
- 3
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble DAY
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Questions people ask
What is another word for day?
You can say twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day, twenty-four hour period or daylight instead of day. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis".
What is the opposite of day?
The opposite of day is night.
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