night

noun

1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

   noun.time

   Synonyms dark nighttime

   Antonyms day daylight daytime

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

   noun.time

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. the period spent sleeping

   noun.time

   Examples

   I had a restless night.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit

   noun.time

   Examples

   Three nights later he collapsed.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. darkness

   noun.state

   Examples

   It vanished into the night.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. a shortening of nightfall

   noun.time

   Examples

   They worked from morning to night.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. the time between sunset and midnight

   noun.time

   Examples

   He watched television every night.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

   noun.person

   Synonyms nox

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. 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 there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

   noun

   Source: webster1913