Daylight Synonyms, Daylight Antonyms

daylight c.1300, from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.

Example Sentences for daylight

Closer to the poles, the number of daylight hours increases in summer and decreases in winter.

Typically, light therapy involves sitting in the glow of a light box which emits a spectrum of light mimicking daylight.

In winter, daylight hours are shorter and the sun is lower in the sky, so the roof absorbs less heat than it does in summer.

The extra hour of light from daylight savings time won't burn the crops, but this might.