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Definitions for Nights

[1] at or during the night regularly or frequently: He worked during the day and wrote nights.
[2] the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
[3] the beginning of this period; nightfall.
[4] the darkness of night; the dark.
[5] a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages.
[6] (sometimes initial capital letter ) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night.
[7] of or relating to night: the night hours.
[8] occurring, appearing, or seen at night: a night raid; a night bloomer.
[9] used or designed to be used at night: to take a night coach; the night entrance.
[10] working at night: night nurse; the night shift.
[11] active at night: the night feeders of the jungle.
[12] informal at night, esp regularly he works nights
[13] the period of darkness each 24 hours between sunset and sunrise, as distinct from day
[14] (modifier) of, occurring, working, etc, at night a night nurse
[15] the occurrence of this period considered as a unit four nights later they left
[16] the period between sunset and retiring to bed; evening
[17] the time between bedtime and morning she spent the night alone
[18] the weather conditions of the night a clear night
[19] the activity or experience of a person during a night
[20] (sometimes capital) any evening designated for a special observance or function
[21] nightfall or dusk
[22] a state or period of gloom, ignorance, etc
[23] make a night of it to go out and celebrate for most of the night
[24] night and day continually that baby cries night and day

Words related to Nights

midnight, duskiness, gloom, evening, darkness, nighttime, dark, eventide, blackness, nightfall, twilight, obscurity, bedtime, black, dim, nighttide

Words nearby Nights

nightlong, nightly, nightmare, nightmarish, nightrider, nights, nightscape, nightshade, nightshade family, nightshirt, nightside

Origin of Nights

before 900; Middle English; Old English niht, neaht, cognate with German Nacht, Gothic nahts, Latin nox (stem noct- ), Greek nýx (stem nykt- )

Words that may be confused with Nights

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, nightknight, night

Other words from Nights

night·less , adjective
night·less·ly , adverb
night·like , adjective
Related adjective: nocturnal

Word origin for Nights

Old English niht; compare Dutch nacht, Latin nox, Greek nux

Synonyms for Nights

midnight, bedtime, black, blackness, dark, darkness, duskiness, evening, eventide, gloom, nightfall, nighttime, obscurity, twilight, after dark, after hours, before dawn, dark hours, dead of night, dim, dusk to dawn, nighttide, pitch dark, witching hour