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Nighttime

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

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Broader term 1

Period 76% connected

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

Nightly 74% connected

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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Nightly 74% connected

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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Containing whole 1

Day 70% connected

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

Evening 70% connected

of Even

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Midnight 70% connected

The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Dark 92% connected

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.

Night 92% connected

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

Day 94% connected

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.

Day 94% connected

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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