eve

Meanings

Noun

• (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
• the day before
  • "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
• the period immediately before something
  • "on the eve of the French Revolution"
• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  • "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

Synonyms

even, evening, eventide