nighttime
The word “nighttime” has 2 syllables: night-time
It's pronounced as /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/
What is synonym and antonym for nighttime?
In the thesaurus, “nighttime” has 14 synonyms and 17 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for nighttime along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for nighttime
Antonyms for nighttime
- afternoon
- daily
- dawn
- day
- daybreak
- daytime
- diurnal
- forenoon
- high noon
- midday
- morning
- noon
- noonday
- noontide
- noontime
- sunrise
- sunup
Meanings of nighttime
- noun
- The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
- adjective
- Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
- Happening during the night.
Example Sentences
- The campers were prepared for the cold nighttime temperatures.
- She enjoys reading during the quiet nighttime hours.
- The city looks beautiful under the nighttime lights.
- Nighttime noises in the forest made it hard to sleep.
- They took a nighttime walk along the beach.
On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nighttime, such as: afternoon, bedtime, daily, dark, darkness, dawn, day.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dark
- Cimmerian
- Delphian
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- anagogic
- analphabetic
- aphotic
- arcane
- artless
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- darkened
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- night
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darkness
- Cimmerian shade
- abstruseness
- abstrusity
- ambiguity
- ambiguousness
- black
- blackness
- blackout
- bleakness
- brownout
- candlelight
- circuitousness
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- cloud
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- concealment
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- dysphoria
- eclipse
- equivocalness
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- evening
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- grayness
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- negativity
- night
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- paleness
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- penumbra
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- privacy
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obscureness
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night
- after dark
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- bedtime
- before dawn
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- brownout
- candlelight
- cloudiness
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- paleness
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- semidarkness
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- sundown
- sunset
- twilight
- umbra
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