Thesaurus:evening

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

• morning    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• daytime    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nighttime    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• dimpsey (West Country)
• dusk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• midevening
• smokefall

Holonyms

• day    [⇒ thesaurus]

Comeronyms

• early morning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dawn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• first light
• postdawn
• morning    [⇒ thesaurus]
• midday    [⇒ thesaurus]
• afternoon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dusk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• night
• midnight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• evenlight
• evensong
• good evening
• vespers

Further reading

• “126. evening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “evening” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.