night

Meanings

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
• 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"
• Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Synonyms

dark, nighttime, Nox