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night
noun as in period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
Strongest match
Strong matches
bedtime, blackness, dark, darkness, duskiness, evening, eventide, gloom, nightfall, nighttime, obscurity, twilight
Weak matches
after dark, after hours, before dawn, dark hours, dead of night, dusk to dawn, nighttide, pitch dark, pitch-darkness, witching hour
Example Sentences
At night, the crew trained a searchlight across the dark waters to look for growlers—low-floating chunks of ice big enough to puncture a ship.
Since April, Chambliss has worked the night shift overseeing a team of 200 welders, plumbers and electricians at a local data-center construction site.
Time will tell what the true impact is, but if even a few more kids walk into their local boxing club on Monday, the night will have made its mark.
As for how to wind down before the day on which he achieves his lifetime ambition, Norris said he was going to try to relax in his hotel room on Saturday night.
With the Chinese domestic league ending on 28 September, and the national team not playing together since July, it was an easier night than many expected.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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