Definition of night

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  • night is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • night is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • night is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of night

  • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. dark
    2. nighttime
  • Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. nox
  • a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom (noun)
  • a shortening of nightfall (noun)

    Examples

    1. they worked from morning to night
  • darkness (noun)

    Examples

    1. it vanished into the night
  • the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit (noun)

    Examples

    1. three nights later he collapsed
  • the period spent sleeping (noun)

    Examples

    1. I had a restless night
  • the time between sunset and midnight (noun)

    Examples

    1. he watched television every night

See definition of night in Merriam Webster