Definition: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Similar words: Roman deity
Definition: a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
Synonyms: night
Definition: darkness
Usage: it vanished into the night
Synonyms: night
Definition: the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
Usage: three nights later he collapsed
Similar words: unit of time, time unit
Definition: a unit for measuring time periods
Synonyms: night, nighttime, dark
Definition: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: night
Definition: the time between sunset and midnight
Usage: he watched television every night
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: night
Definition: the period spent sleeping
Usage: I had a restless night
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: night
Definition: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: night
Definition: a shortening of nightfall
Usage: they worked from morning to night
Similar words: twilight, fall, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, dusk, crepuscle, crepuscule, nightfall
Definition: the time of day immediately following sunset
Usage: he loved the twilight; they finished before the fall of night