nighttime

Meanings

Noun

• The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

Adjective

• Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
• Happening during the night.

Related

Similar words

• night
• night, nocturnal

Opposite words

• day, daytime
• daytime, diurnal

Origin

• From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme, from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími.