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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In the end, the helicopter’s two crew members were rescued by a sea drone, after hours in the water, a first-of-its-kind mission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Intuit shares, which fell 4% during Wednesday’s trading session, slumped another 11% to $342 after hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Shares of Uber were down 0.3% after hours.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

USA Rare Earth reported a first-quarter operating loss of $37 million on $5.7 million in sales; shares rose 1.5% after hours.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

At last, after hours of riding, far away on his right there came a single long streak of paler grey, low down on the horizon.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

after hours

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