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nighttime

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NIGHTTIME

the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight <before electricity, gas lamps were used for illumination during the nighttime>

Synonyms dark, darkness, nighttime

Related Words dusk, evening, gloaming, nightfall, twilight; midnight

Near Antonyms dawn, daybreak, sunrise, sunup; forenoon, morning; high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime; afternoon

Antonyms day, daytime

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