Definitions

after hours

[af-ter-ouuhrz, -ou-erz, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˈaʊərz, -ˈaʊ ərz, ˈɑf- /

NOUN

night

Synonyms

STRONGEST

midnight

STRONG

bedtime blackness dark darkness duskiness evening eventide gloom nightfall nighttime obscurity twilight

WEAK

after dark before dawn dark hours dead of night dusk to dawn nighttide pitch dark pitch-darkness witching hour

Antonyms

STRONG

day daybreak daylight daytime light morning

WEAK

brightness illumination lightness

Example Sentences

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Shares of eBay were trading fractionally higher after hours.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

Shares of Crinetics more than doubled after hours to $84.77, after closing the regular trading at $42.03.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

An AFP journalist captured rare footage at Al-Rahmaniyah camp showing exhausted women shuffling under a punishing sun, jerrycans swaying on their heads after hours spent waiting for water at a distant well.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Micron falls for second day before turning higher after hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Others from the National Woman’s Party gave up and went home, and after hours waiting in the corridor, Paul left, too.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

after hours

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