| Noun | 1. | night - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outsideperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" weeknight - any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday evening - the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera" midnight - 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight" wedding night - the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" | |
| 2. | night - the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | |
| 3. | night - the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | |
| 4. | night - the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed" | |
| 5. | night - darkness; "it vanished into the night" | |
| 6. | night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" | |
| 7. | night - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloomperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | |
| 8. | Night - Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx | |