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Nighttime
The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.
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Broader term 1
A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
Derivationally related 2
Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils.
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.
Containing whole 1
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.
Component part 2
of Even
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The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
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Synonym 2
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when ther…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Antonym 2
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.
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