night
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- weeknight hyponym
- wedding night hyponym
Parts & wholes
- day part holonym
- evening part meronym
- late-night hour part meronym
- midnight part meronym
- small hours part meronym
- lights-out part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the period spent sleeping
I had a restless night
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
three nights later he collapsed
Types & categories
- time unit hypernym
Sense 5 noun
darkness
it vanished into the night
Types & categories
- darkness hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a shortening of nightfall
they worked from morning to night
Types & categories
- twilight hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the time between sunset and midnight
he watched television every night
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | daylight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nightly |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | day |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | evening |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | late-night hour |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | midnight |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | small hours |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lights-out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weeknight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedding night |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | time unit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | darkness |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | twilight |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |