Thesaurus:evening
English
Noun
Sense: the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and the beginning of night
Detail: Evening can be considered to start with either dusk or the end of regular office working hours (often 5–6 p.m.). It can be considered to end with bedtime or about 9 p.m.
Synonyms
- een (poetic or Scotland)
- eve (archaic, poetic)
- even (archaic, poetic)
- evening
- eventide (archaic, poetic)
- eveningtide (archaic, poetic)
- eveningtime (chiefly colloquial)
- evetime (poetic)
- forenight (Scotland)
- undern (UK dialect)
- vesper (poetic)
- vespertide (archaic, poetic)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Meronyms
- dimpsey (West Country)
- dusk [⇒ thesaurus]
- midevening
- smokefall
Holonyms
Comeronyms
- early morning [⇒ thesaurus]
- dawn [⇒ thesaurus]
- first light
- postdawn
- morning [⇒ thesaurus]
- midday [⇒ thesaurus]
- afternoon [⇒ thesaurus]
- dusk [⇒ thesaurus]
- night
- midnight [⇒ thesaurus]
Various
Further reading
- “126. evening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “evening” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.